68. Marukawa Soy Sauce Umakuchi 100ml

A sweet sake brewed in wooden barrels that is neither too strong nor too sweet

This locally-favorite sweet soy sauce is made with wheat from Yamaguchi Prefecture and aged in cedar barrels for a year and a half. It has a soft, fragrant wooden barrel aroma and a mellow, slightly sweet taste, making it easy to use even for people in the Kanto region. It can be used for cooking as well as dipping sauce.

Ingredients: Amino acid liquid (domestically produced), salt (domestically produced), defatted processed soybeans (domestically produced), wheat (Yamaguchi Prefecture), sugar (domestically produced), caramel coloring, seasonings (amino acids, etc.), sweeteners (stevia, licorice), preservatives (paraoxybenzoic acid), vitamin B1

Shokunin Shoyu No. 68

I want to make soy sauce that can only be made in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Kuwata Soy Sauce continues to be brewed in traditional wooden barrels in the climate of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Hofu City.

Sweet soy sauce is commonly used in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Most soy sauce is made from defatted soybeans, sweetened with amino acid liquid and sweeteners, and there are very few soy sauces based on whole soybeans. However, this brewery wants to create a soy sauce that can only be made in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and they "use soybeans and wheat grown in Yamaguchi Prefecture's soil, and make soy sauce in wooden barrels that have a history of about 100 years in Yamaguchi Prefecture, while enjoying the four seasons of Yamaguchi Prefecture."

Sweet soy sauce made with pride

Dark soy sauce can be divided into three types based on the brewing method: "honjozo," "mixed," and "mixed brewing." Kuwata Soy Sauce produces all three types. Sweet soy sauce often contains additives, leading to the mistaken belief that it's unhealthy. While a variety of soy sauces are available, including additive-free and additive-containing, and both expensive and inexpensive, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the reality is that accurate information isn't being communicated to consumers. Kuwata Soy Sauce offers both "soy sauce made only from soybeans, wheat, and salt" and "soy sauce with additives." It's also a rare brewery that offers all three types of dark soy sauce: "honjozo," "mixed," and "mixed brewing." This allows us to speak impartially. "We want to be a soy sauce maker that's straightforward and honest with consumers. We want to make soy sauce that anyone can drop by and say, 'Please enjoy!'" says third-generation soy sauce maker Hiroshi Kuwata.

For sweet and spicy dishes

Marukwa Soy Sauce is refreshing, not too strong or too sweet, and is recommended for dishes like umakuchiha kinpira. Using a sweet soy sauce makes it easy to create a flavor, so it's great for sweet and spicy side dishes like this one. Add chili peppers to taste for a more mature flavor, or make it sweeter for a bento side dish that kids will love.

Soy sauce that brings out the flavor of the ingredients

The aroma and slight sweetness of wooden barrel-aged soy sauce makes it a great dipping sauce.Its refreshing taste brings out the best in ingredients such as boiled greens and white fish sashimi.