Healthy Lifestyle
with Kikkoman
A healthy food-lifestyle with Kikkoman! Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce impart rich flavour. Aim to reduce sodium intake by switching from your usual seasonings to our tasty low sodium alternative. Kikkoman supports delicious meals and enjoyable, healthy living.
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Keeping your meals delicious and enjoyable makes reducing sodium intake easy. Here are some tips to help you succeed.
Make the Most of Ingredients
Aromatic Vegetables
Ingredients such as sesame seeds, garlic, ginger, celery, and herbs, can enhance aroma and add a distinct flavour accent to dishes.
Spices or Heat
Incorporate spices or add a bit of heat for a unique taste experience.
Natural Umami Flavour of Ingredients
Maximize the natural umami and sweetness of dried foods, onions, mushrooms, and more.
Acidity
Acidity can enhance saltiness, making a little go a long way and impart mellow balance to overall flavour.
GET Creative with Cooking
Prepare a Robust Dashi
Use two or more dashi flavours to create a synergistic savoury effect.
Seasoning comes Last
Adding seasonings in the last step ensures that flavouring will attach well to ingredients.
Don't Skimp on Oil
The richness of oil imparts umami, in turn reducing the amount of salt needed.
Add Texture and Body to Your Dishes
Starch, thickens the consistency of a dish, resulting in improved texture and evenly distributed full-bodied flavour.
Currently, it's said that 9 out of 10 people exceed this amount.
Excessive salt intake has been linked to high blood pressure and heart disease, and is a known cause of swelling.
Easily adopt a low sodium lifestyle to support daily health and beauty without cutting back on deep flavor!
PRODUCTS
No MSG Added
No Flavor Enhancers
No Caramel and Color Added
Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce is produced by natural brewing process. For a healthier choice, Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce is the better option. It has 43% less salt than our regular soy sauce and still retains that delightful Kikkoman flavour. However, to maintain this full umami flavor, we recommend using it during the latter stage of cooking in braising sauces, soups and stews, vegetables or stir-frys. Ingredients:Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol, Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Sodium, Acetate, Lactic Acid, Acetic Acid)
Less salt Stories
Kikkoman General Hospital Aims for the Best-Tasting Hospital Meals in Japan!
Kikkoman General Hospital is striving to create the best-tasting, health-focused hospital meals in Japan, by combining our less salt soy sauce with their dedication to pursuing deliciousness.
Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce was Born in 1965!
In the late 1950s, Kikkoman received a request from the University of Tokyo's School of Medicine to develop a low sodium soy sauce. Kikkoman developed and released a Less Salt Soy Sauce that maintained the umami richness and complex aroma of our regular soy sauce.
Kikkoman Soy Sauce Certified as Japanese Space Food
"In September 2017, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) certified Kikkoman Soy Sauce Shiboritate “Nama” Soy Sauce Less Sodium, a product which is sold in Japan, as official Japanese Space Food. It is the first seasoning manufactured using traditional Japanese brewing techniques to be certified.
*Note: ‘Kikkoman Soy Sauce Shiboritate “Nama” Soy Sauce Less Sodium' is sold only in Japan."