White soy sauce (Shiro Shoyu), brewed in a wooden barrel, 1.8 l

1.8 l

• Lighter taste as "normal" soy sauce
• Rare variety of soy sauce
• In a wooden barrel brewed
• Made by one Traditional company, specializing in white soy sauce

WHAT IS WHITE SOY SAUCE

White soy sauce (Shiro Shoyu) becomes mainly made from wheat and produced only a few soybeans. That gives her one very light color and one lighter taste compared to classic soy sauces. "Shiro" stands for light, "Shoyu" for soy sauce.

It is therefore often used as an ingredient wherever Umami should be added, but the color of the dish, such as sashimi, should not be too dark. That makes them very suitable for European dishes, which get more complexity through this sauce and its umami, without taking on a typically Japanese note.

She is also called by white soy sauce marketed. To preserve the color, it should not be heated. However, it can still be used after warming up, it just changes the color to brown again.

This soy sauce has a salt content of 18%. Soy sauces are not used as a sauce in Japan, but as a condiment.

WHAT DO YOU USE WHITE SOY SAUCE FOR

White soy sauce Shiro Shoyu should not be used in cooking. Rather, it is than Finishing sauce Suitable for cold dishes such as sashimi or carpaccios or is added to a cooked dish at the end. 

FOR STORING THIS SOY SAUCE

We definitely recommend storage in a dark cupboard. Like heat, light changes color into darkness.

ABOUT THE MANUFACTURER

The YAMASHIN soy sauce brewery was founded in 1802 in the Edo period and has specialized in the production of white soy sauce since 1933. The brewery is located in Aichi prefecture, where many traditional soy sauce manufacturers are based.

The YAMASHIN Soy Sauce Brewery still has a stock of 80 traditional wooden barrels to brew the traditional way. Because the traditional white soy sauce is brewed in wooden barrels and therefore has a more intense taste than the soy sauce brewed in modern tanks.

You can find more interesting information on soy sauces in general, such as the umami content here.

soy sauce
Delivery within 3-5 days
Ingredients: water, WHEAT, Salt, SOY-Beans (6%), preservative: vitamin B1
Allergens: WHEAT, SOY