Brand's products YUASA SOY SAUCE Co. Ltd

Nowadays, soy sauce has become a staple found all over the world. However, most of today's soy sauces simply imitate the original. Few people know that 750 years ago, a small town in Wakayama, Japan, named Yuasa, was the birthplace of soy sauce.

Originally, a monk discovered the liquid produced during miso manufacture could be used as a condiment in its own right. Since this discovery, soy sauce has been perfected and rapidly spread throughout Japan, greatly influencing foods created and tastes of the Japanese.

Original method was long and laborious, but since Japan's industrial revolution, process has been streamlined to increase production and reduce costs. This product increased circulation has, however, greatly affected soy sauce taste, aroma and experience. The town of Yuasa continued to produce soy sauce using traditional techniques, but on a much smaller scale. At its peak, Yuasa had ninety-two factories, but today only four remain. Pride in the condiment and the town where it originated has diminished considerably as large-scale soy sauce production has moved from Yuasa to larger towns and factories.

It was against this backdrop that Yuasa Soy Sauce was born, with the aim of protecting traditional practices associated with soy sauce production. Our artisan believes that real soy sauce is a product that deserves the extra work required to source and incorporate only the highest quality ingredients. Once this step has been taken, Yuasa Soy Sauce can confidently say that they are proud of the condiment they have produced. They hope to share soy sauce true flavors with the world and restore Yuasa's pride in its town, its history and its unique product.