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Explain dark soy sauce vs regular soy sauce

Got some Lee Kum Kee premium dark and really like it. What m...
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
house-broken azn
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
slimy roommate
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Spectacular Personal Credit Line
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
slimy roommate
  01/17/26
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khaki whorehouse
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
180 apoplectic temple new version
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
Lascivious ticket booth
  01/16/26
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misunderstood pervert
  01/16/26
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Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
thoo dark
Diverse Rehab
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misunderstood pervert
  01/16/26
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Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/16/26
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vermilion hot fanboi
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Hilarious amethyst principal's office
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
onyx shrine son of senegal
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Hilarious amethyst principal's office
  01/17/26
ty
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/17/26
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180 apoplectic temple new version
  01/17/26
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heady dragon
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
Glittery associate mad cow disease
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
180 apoplectic temple new version
  01/17/26
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Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard
  01/17/26
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Glittery associate mad cow disease
  01/18/26
more athletic
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  01/17/26


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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

Got some Lee Kum Kee premium dark and really like it. What makes this so good on steak compared to regular soy sauce? Is it the caramel coloring?

Dark:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003U2AAQY

Regular:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004XX1NKQ

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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: house-broken azn

I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longer, for a stir fry I like to do 1/3 dark soy to 2/3 regular in my sauce

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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:20 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i think

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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:32 PM
Author: slimy roommate

Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle flavor.

If this is supposed to be a honeypot for Asians, you're going to get a lot of false positive cookingmos

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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:48 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Spectacular Personal Credit Line

It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great for making things deliciously savory without blowing the salt content into the stratosphere or making the food taste "Asian"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822963&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310908#49595669)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:32 AM
Author: slimy roommate

Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "mint" is subtle to noncookmos.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: khaki whorehouse



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: 180 apoplectic temple new version

I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “Light soy sauce” is normal soy sauce with the salt and umami and flavor. Dark soy is more of a coloring agent, you add a dash along with light soy when you want eg fried noodles with a rich dark color.

(not azn but have messed around plenty trying to make azn food)

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Lascivious ticket booth

I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: misunderstood pervert



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Diverse Rehab

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: misunderstood pervert



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: vermilion hot fanboi



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Hilarious amethyst principal's office

its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thicker. saltier v sweeter. sooner v later.

light (what most westerners know as regular) soy sauce in chinese translates as "fresh extract." it is pressed from recently fermented soybeans. in cooking, it is typically added earlier in the cooking process as it will darken over time with heat.

dark soy sauce in chinese translates as "old extract." it is pressed from soybeans that have been fermented much longer. in cooking, it is typically added later in the cooking process. recipes that you see where light and dark are mixed together to form a marinade are garbage and wrong. dark soy sauce should be used as a finisher in fast wok cooking, much like sesame oil.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822963&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310908#49596292)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: onyx shrine son of senegal

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use caramel coloring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822963&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310908#49597277)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Hilarious amethyst principal's office

among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will always have either caramel or molasses which gives it that sweeter darker profile. chinese dark soy sauces may also be called black soy sauce, and even double black soy sauce, but that is just the amount of caramel or molasses in the soy sauce.

the SE asian countries have an entire soy sauce lineup in the dark profile that i am less familiar with. my wife is thai and she uses a dark soy sauce that is based on palm sugar which is a different sweet profile than sugarcane. thais like to use palm sugar a lot. i had never encountered palm sugar until i met my wife. she also uses a mushroom flavored soy sauce, and a brand called maggi which best i can describe as a light smoky soy sauce.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: 180 apoplectic temple new version



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: heady dragon



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: Glittery associate mad cow disease

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard

MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d put salt on

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:35 PM
Author: 180 apoplectic temple new version

a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs is absolutely transformative

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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:06 PM
Author: Motley Beta Mood Gay Wizard



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Glittery associate mad cow disease



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: heady dragon

more athletic

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