Ohsawa Organic Nama Shoyu - 32 Oz

My review NUMBER is strictly for the product, which is excellent. It’s raw, unpasteurized and delicious in raw vegan sauces and dishes. It’s in a nice, glass jar, which is supior to toxic plastic I highly recommend it. The SHIPPING, however, is a nightmare. Amazon ships this WITHOUT any bubble wrap or protection. It’s a glass jar placed in a large box with a wad of paper. A kindergartner would know that’s not how to ship liquid-filled glass jars through the postal service. Be forewarned. These bottles frequently arrive broken with brown fluid leaking everywhere. It’s happened to me. No returns or replacements so you have to CALL Amazon, send a picture of the destroyed product, get a refund and then reorder it. It’s better for the environment, Amazon, if you’d package it properly and only need to ship it once.

Saltier than we expected but very smooth and with more subtle flavours. Family prefers it to supermarket brands.

First of all, this is a human review, and is absolute not AI generated! As a lover of great cuisine, and as a long-time foodie and restaurateur, this has been the only soy sauce I’ve used at home for the past 2 years now. My family and I eat ‘very clean’ (meaning organic, pasture-raised, locally-sourced, free of synthetic/dangerous chemicals and additives, etc), and this soy sauce perfectly fits the way we live and eat. Sometimes you have to sacrifice flavor to avoid those nasty things listed above - not so with this product! In fact, I don’t think you can match the flavor profile found in this traditionally-made product. The flavor is on-point, and knowing that we’re not putting anything but pure, good food in our bodies is so gratifying. This sauce is great for all Asian cuisine of course, but it also gives a huge umami hit when snuck (is that the way to say it?!) into other dishes as well. As of this review, unfortunately the price has seen about a 30% increase since the last time I purchased it, so we’re using it a little more judiciously, but still buying it nevertheless! Bang for your buck, I can’t recommend this product more highly.

In spite of the cost I tried Nama Shoyu because I wanted a product that was natural. I re-ordered because the flavor is so much better than anything I've tasted before, without the after taste that I experienced from other products!

Great product