The top ten additive-free soy sauces in China are Qianhe, Lee Kum Kee, Haitian, Chubang, June Fresh, Xue Taifeng, Xianshi, Sanbujia, Donggu, Yaoji, etc.

Among Qianhe soy sauces, the 180-day premium light soy sauce from Yuzang Honjo is the most popular in the market. Judging from the ingredient list, there are only 6 common ingredients: water, non-GMO defatted soybeans, non-GMO soybeans, wheat, edible salt, and white sugar. There are no MSG, colorings, preservatives, or yeast extracts.

The ingredients of Lee Kum Kee Fresh Soy Sauce include water, non-GMO defatted soybeans, edible salt, wheat, and yeast extract. It contains no colorants, MSG, flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, etc. Haitian zero-added soy sauce has many categories, the more representative ones include zero-added gold label light soy sauce, zero-added extremely fresh soy sauce, and zero-added first-order soy sauce.

How to select soy sauce

Look at the soybeans in the raw materials. Non-GMO soybeans are better than GMO soybeans. Because there are genetically modified soybeans and non-genetically modified soybeans on the market, and the raw material of soy sauce is mainly soybeans, so when choosing soy sauce, first check whether the ingredient list on the bottle is genetically modified soybeans or non-genetically modified soybeans.

In terms of food value, non-transformed soybeans contain more unsaturated fatty acids, so when you pick up the soy sauce bottle, the first thing you look at is the soybeans. Check whether the soy sauce bottle indicates whether it is brewed soy sauce or prepared soy sauce. Some soy sauces have the words brewed soy sauce or prepared soy sauce. Brewing soy sauce is made from soybeans through fermentation. Its production process has strict national standards. The implementation standards for brewing soy sauce are GB18186-2000, etc.