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• Taste. Both soy sauces have an umami flavor, but regular soy sauce will be heavier and influenced by a more intense saltiness.
• Dark soy sauce is sweeter due to the fermentation process. The initial sauce taken from the mash takes a lot of the salt, so there isn't as much left for the darker varieties.
• Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. It is considered to contain