Pearl River BridgeSuperior Dark Soy Sauce, Plastic Bottles, 16.9 oz

This is the best soy sauce I’ve ever used, not to salty, light, great taste

Nice but dented on shippingNice flavor and colors texture and qualityWe really like it

A little goes far. I liked the flavor.

I have recently started to make some Asian recipes and some have called for dark soy sauce to add umami, so I bought this one based on cooking website recommendations and reviewer comments. It tastes nothing like regular soy sauce, it's more pungent and earthy tasting. You can tell that it's flavor is designed to work with other flavors in your stir fry or whatever dish you're making and not to be used alone like regular soy sauce on sushi rolls, etc. It adds umami. I expected it to be thicker and taste very salty, given the high sodium content, but the other ingredients seem to take over more. The consistency is more like a slightly watery version of real maple syrup. After some other reviewers mentioned about this product containing lead, I searched the bottle for anything referring to this, and was a bit alarmed to see a small warning in very small - and I mean magnifying glass VERY small - print saying that consuming this may expose you to lead. LEAD!?? There's no lead listed in the ingredients, of course, so I did some research and couldn't find out why soy sauce would contain lead - maybe the fermenting/brewing process leaches trace amounts of lead from the pots or vessels that they use? I know many different metals have some lead content, so that's my best - but not proven - guess. I have used this soy sauce and haven't noticed any ill side effects and haven't died yet. I'm just trusting our U.S. import rules and inspectors. Plus, because it's quite strong and you use small amounts, maybe that makes it okay to consume? That being said, the smell is weird and kind of funky, but it does up the flavor and appearance of many Asian dishes. This is also quite a big bottle that will last quite a long time. If I do need another bottle later, I will be trying the Kum Lee brand, as that one also got good reviews and recommendations - and apparently has no lead warning.

I don't know how to grade this product. It is light and smells good. But! I received this item yesterday and the expiration date says 27 Sep 2024. And there is no return for health and safety reasons. I believe it will still be good for the next 6 months: hope!Update 14 Oct 2024. I used this product yesterday to make a tofu stir fry with wide noodles. And I'm never going to use it again. It's way too salty. My bad. For now on in, I'll buy low sodium, gluten free.

not available localy,a good find on amozon

Delicious! My recipes are much enhanced. I add this to my marinade for stir-fry and it’s like I took a master cooking class. A real blessing!

This stuff is magical for creating rich, dark sauces and is the "missing" ingredient in most lackluster fried rice, beef & broccoli, sesame chicken, etc, etc.There's really nothing else that is a legitimate substitute. It is worth every penny and lasts a long time (I keep mine in the refrigerator).