The hype around soy sauce has prompted tons of different versions to emerge on the market over the years. Hence, one of these varieties, dark soy sauce -- also known as Koikuchi Shoyu in its ...

Dark soy sauce is best deployed in recipes where you want a darker color or a deeper, richer flavor in the background, and it ...

Dark soy sauce is thick and darker brown in color because of the longer fermentation time. It may also have molasses or sugar added, making it sweeter, less salty, thicker, ...

Sweet Soy Sauce. Often interchangeable with dark soy sauce (especially dependent on the manufacturer), sweet soy sauce is sweeter and darker in color and flavor than most other varieties.

Light soy, dark soy, sweet soy, Korean soy, Japanese soy, Thai soy – the sheer variety of soy sauces out there can overwhelm anyone (even the experienced cooks amongst us).

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