Pearl River Bridge Superior Dark Soy Sauce, Plastic Bottles, 16.9 oz

This is thicker than soy sauce it has a more unami taste, it is so delicious on shrimp and chicken. It's a big bottle it's easy to use it is good quality and it gives just the right amount of sodium to your food without adding salt

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.

Great quality for the price.

Bien oscura y mucho sabor con poca cantidad del producto así que durará…

Couldn’t find in stores. It’s a must to have if your into Asian cuisine.