Japanese Taste

Any fans of authentic Japanese cuisine should always keep their kitchen stocked with a bottle of Japanese soy sauce or shoyu, a staple ingredient that’s so versatile it’s used in a variety of dishes from salad dressings and dipping sauces to soup bases and marinades. Whether you are a shoyu expert or are new to the world of soy sauce, here are our recommendations for the top 10 Japanese best soy sauces that are available to buy online, even if you are living outside of Japan.

Shoyu is simply the Japanese word for soy sauce, and generally refers to the kind commonly used for cooking and as a dipping sauce. The main soy sauce ingredients include soybeans, wheat, salt, and water. The all-purpose soy sauce that is commonly found in supermarkets is a thin, brown liquid made by using a fermenting method known as honjozo in Japanese. In this process, soybeans and wheat are mixed together before mold spores known as koji are added to begin the fermentation process.

In our last article about the topic we exposed the importance of sun protection and how Japanese sunscreens help better protect from uv damage. Now If you are wondering which Japanese sunscreens to try this summer you should definitely check out this list of most popular sunscreens.