Soy sauce
Soy sauce is a fermented seasoning made from soybeans and usually wheat.
- Used in
- Food ingredient
- Role
- Condiment
Also listed as
Contains / relevant to
- Soy: Relevant to people avoiding soy. Soybean and soy-derived ingredients, including soy lecithin.
- Gluten (wheat, barley, rye): Relevant to people avoiding gluten. Wheat, barley, rye, spelt and malt-derived ingredients.
What to look for on labels
- On prepacked food in the EU and UK, soybeans and cereals containing gluten must be emphasised in the ingredient list (usually in bold), so look for soy sauce in bold or with its source named, for example “soy sauce (soya)”.
- In the US, a major food allergen (milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) must be named in brackets after the ingredient or in a “Contains:” line under the list.
Questions and answers
Does soy sauce contain soy?
Yes. IngrediLens treats soy sauce as an ingredient made from soy, so it flags it for people avoiding soy.
Does soy sauce contain gluten?
Yes. IngrediLens treats soy sauce as a gluten source, so it flags it for people avoiding gluten.
Related
- TamariTamari is a soy sauce traditionally made with little or no wheat; check the label to see if wheat is used.
- MisoMiso is a fermented soybean paste; some kinds are also made with barley or rice.
- Wheat flourWheat flour is flour milled from wheat grain and one of the most common sources of gluten on food labels.
- Hidden names for soy on food labelsGuide
- Is soy lecithin a soy allergen?Guide
- Hidden names for gluten on food labelsGuide
Sources
- EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information, Annex II (allergens)
- US Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA)
- IngrediLens ingredient database (names, flags and notes shown on this page)
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