The reason why it is called seafood soy sauce is because it is made with special light soy sauce as the main ingredient and then added with marine fish and shrimp essence! It is characterized by its strong aroma, sweetness and seafood flavor. We often use it in stir-fries and cold dishes/dishes.

To put it simply: it is a kind of light soy sauce, but it is of a higher grade and contains seafood essence, so it is fresher and more fragrant! It appears most frequently in the three scenes of "steaming", "boiling" and "cold salad". The second place is used as soy sauce seasoning. For example, the Zhejiang cuisine chef in our store cooks "Dongpo Pork" and "Dongpo Elbow" Both dishes are flavored with seafood soy sauce. After that, it is used in rice dishes and barbecues.

How to identify seafood soy sauce?

1: Look at the color! Seafood soy sauce is reddish brown, similar in color to light soy sauce!

2: Taste it! The seafood soy sauce has a richer aroma, fresh and sweet taste, and has a special seafood flavor!

3: Seafood soy sauce is more similar to light soy sauce. After shaking the bottle vigorously, there will be fine foam on the surface, which will appear brown and have a certain luster.

How to choose seafood soy sauce?

1: First check the grade of soy sauce! Calculated based on the amino acid nitrogen content per 100ml! Special grade content ≥0.8g/100ml

, first grade ≥0.7g/100ml, second grade ≥0.55g/100ml, third grade ≥0.4g/100ml.

2: Check the ingredient list! In fact, the seafood soy sauce we see on the market basically contains scallops, disodium succinate and food additives.

3: Look at "brewing" or "preparation", which means literally, "brewing" means brewing according to the process, and "preparation" means blending!

4: Look at the product standard number: GB/T18186, "GB18186" is the soy sauce brewing standard stipulated by our country! It was implemented in September 2000. If there is not even this logo, then it is not recommended for everyone to buy it!

5: Check the label for "Serving" and "Cooking". It can be eaten cold as an accompaniment or used when cooking! For family purchases, it is recommended to directly purchase "food accompaniments".

Is seafood soy sauce really seafood soy sauce?

In fact, there are all kinds of soy sauces on the market! There are even soy sauce products for children, which in my personal opinion are impractical! If you really want to buy good soy sauce, buy "purely brewed" soy sauce without additives! Relatively speaking, this kind of soy sauce is generally labeled as special grade, but the umami taste may be slightly worse than soy sauce with additives! Not fresh enough

The seafood soy sauce is very good in our daily use! But I personally don’t think it means how much seafood essence is added in it. There may be some, but not too much! Maybe their additive formulation should account for a bigger reason!

But no matter what, seafood soy sauce is fresher and more fragrant than ordinary light soy sauce, and the quality is also better! This is true!