We had the opportunity to visit Kikkoman the number one “soy sauce” manufacturer/producer. The plant tour was very entertaining and informative of their company and product. They have an organized path that they take visitors on that lets you get a good view of the making of soy sauce. Kikkoman has visitors coming to their plant all the time to view the unique operation so they have a museum set up. Kikkoman also has two plants located in the US, Wisconsin and California. The reasoning for these locations are because they are located close to the raw materials needed to produce soy sauce such as soybeans and wheat.
Soy sauce is one of my favorite seasonings to use when I’m eating Chinese meals because it adds a lot of flavor to the foods. Before this tour I did not realize how often it is used in our culture to add flavor to many other foods than fried rice. During the tour they explained the different taste that soy has to offer, bitter, savory, and salty. This allows the product to be used in many different ways all over the world. I noticed that a few women in my life use it when cooking sweets and other meals. I could never understand why and I thought it was disgusting even though you can’t taste the addition of the sauce. But now I now why, it enhances the flavor of most foods such as chicken, fish, rice, and even ice cream. At the end of the your we got the chance to eat a free ice cream cone with soy sauce which was actually very tasty to my surprise.
Kikkoman has a product that has a very long process to make, 6 months to be exact, and they do a very good job with managing the process and supplying the world with one of the greatest all-purpose seasonings.
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