What is the difference between soy sauce and soya sauce?

1, the color is different: soy sauce is lighter in color, reddish brown. Soy sauce is added to the caramel color, the color is very dark, brown and shiny.

2, the taste is different: soy sauce is used for general cooking, eat taste more salty. Soy sauce in the mouth after eating a kind of fresh and slightly sweet feeling.

3, different uses: soy sauce is used for seasoning, because the color is light, so do the general stir-fry or cold dishes when used more. Soy sauce is generally used to color food. For example, to do braised dishes that need to be colored when used better.

Expanded:

The fresh flavor of soy sauce depends on the level of amino acid nitrogen content, and in general the higher the amino acid nitrogen, the higher the grade of soy sauce, that is to say, the better the quality. According to China's brewing soy sauce standards, amino acid nitrogen >0.8g/100 ml for special grade; >0.7/100 ml for first grade; >0.55/100 ml for second grade; >0.4/100 ml for third grade.

However, it is not true that the higher the amino acid nitrogen, the better the soy sauce. Because the amino acid nitrogen of blended soy sauce is also very high, or there are some unscrupulous suppliers who add a lot of fresh flavor agent in it, and the amino acid is also very high, but this is not the same as a very good soy sauce.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Soy Sauce

Baidu Encyclopedia - Soy Sauce