Kikkoman Soy Sauce Applications

Looking to boost flavour while keeping your ingredient statement clean? Discover this remarkably diverse natural enhancer that complements a wide variety of applications – not just Asian. With more soy sauce forms than any other company, Kikkoman can help you boost the flavour of virtually any product you’re developing, from soups and sauces to meats and muffins.

Authentic Kikkoman Soy Sauce is naturally brewed over several months to develop its characteristically complex flavour profile. Around 300 identifiable constituents work together to create a unique ability to “fill in the blanks” in formulations. As a result, Kikkoman Soy Sauce acts as the secret ingredient to add roundness, supply richness and balance sweet ingredients. Here are some of the things that soy sauce can do:

Bacon and Cured Meats
Adds colour, balances sweet and smoked flavour; contributes salt for curing and adds natural preservatives.

Beef and Chicken Entrees
Contributes savoury flavour; adds colour; helps blend spice flavours; enhances aroma.

Fajitas and Mexican Entrees
Blends and enhances spices in marinades; contributes salt; helps enhance “grilled” colour; enhances meaty flavour in quick-grilled applications.

Bread and Rolls
Contributes salt to moderate yeast activity; helps blend yeast and grain notes; adds colour.

Chocolate Syrups/Coatings
Blends dairy notes, sweetness and cocoa flavour; moderates sweetness; alcohol enhances “fruity” top notes; contributes colour.

Dry Mixes
Adds savoury notes and aroma and enhances flavour for “homemade” appeal; contributes colour; granulated forms dissolve easily.

Gingerbread
Adds colour; helps blend spice flavours; moderates sweetness

Jerky
Contributes salt for curing; blends spice flavours; enhances meaty flavours; contributes colour; can enhance, or even replace, preservatives.

Pasta Salad
Blends and enhances spices in marinades; contributes salt; helps enhance “grilled” colour; enhances meaty flavour in quick-grilled applications.

Salad Dressings
Adds savoury flavour; helps temper vinegar’s harshness; helps blend spice flavours; contributes preservation to cold-fill dressings; adds colour, replaces Worchestershire Sauce.

Snacks
Blends flavours of other seasoning ingredients; contributes salt; adds colour; provides savoury flavour; granulated forms resist clumping.

Soups, Stews, Broths, Sauces and Gravies
Enhances overall flavour profile; contributes aroma; adds colour.