On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:48:19 +1000, Michael wrote:

> "aem" > wrote in message
> ...
> Kimlan is a very large Taiwanese food products company, claiming the
> biggest soy sauce sales among Taiwan brands. Pearl River Bridge is a
> very large company in Guangdong, which may be the biggest soy sauce
> seller from China. Kikkoman has the equivalent position in Japan.
> They all make "genuine" stuff, naturally fermented, as few additives
> as possible, and they all taste good to a lot of people. You can find
> all three in both the asian markets and the supermarkets here in
> SoCal. Which you like best is up to your taste. Kikkoman has a lower-
> sodium soy sauce that tastes, as far as I can tell, just like the
> regular product. I don't know whether the others offer a lower sodium
> version. I've been stuck on Pearl River Bridge for quite a while now
> but I've used both the others in the past and may again in the
> future. -aem
>
> **Have you tried the Japanese tamari? There's some nice organic ones, in
> fact every one I've seen has been organic, and they're normally wheat free
> too, which is obviously handy for coeliacs. Not sure about the sodium
> levels though.

the ones i've seen seem awfully expensive in terms of bang for the buck.

your pal,
blake