Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka soy sauce ʻaʻole wale i ka wā e ʻai ai i ka meaʻai Iapana, he kūpono ia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā salakeke a me nā kīʻaha ʻiʻo, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kona ʻono, loaʻa nō hoʻi nā waiwai maikaʻi - hoʻomaikaʻi ia i ka digestion, waiwai i ka zinc a me nā huaora B. Ke kūʻai ʻana i ka soy sauce, e makaʻala i kēia mau manawa:
1. Koho i kahi mea ʻono i loko o kahi ipu aniani - ʻaʻole i ʻūlū ʻia kahi mea ʻono kiʻekiʻe i loko o ka plastic, kahi e nalo ai kona ʻono a me nā pono kūpono.
2. E hōʻoia i ka kūpaʻa o ka uhi i loko o ka mea ʻūlū - pono nā mea āpau i ka lewa a me ka ʻole mai nā kīnā ʻole, inā ʻaʻole hiki i nā bacteria ke komo i loko o ka mea ʻono a hoʻopio iā ia.
3. Pono ka haku ʻana o ka soy sauce me ka ʻole o nā mea ʻono, nā mea hoʻonani ʻono, nā preservatives a me nā kala. Pono ka haku mele e like me ka maʻalahi a me ke kūlohelohe: soybeans, palaoa, wai, paʻakai.
4. Hana ʻia ka soy sauce ma ka fermentation, pono e hōʻike ʻia ma ka lepili.
5. ʻAʻole hiki ke helu ʻia ke kala o ka soy sauce ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana, akā naʻe. Pono ka soy sauce mai ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele. Hōʻike nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻalani ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kahi kīʻaha hoʻopunipuni.
6. E mālama i ka mea paʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka pahu hau.