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Posted by Karen
Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 07:42AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 08:07AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 08:26AM |
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I've seen it at many Asian food markets, also at Vetro in Tauranga, and the Korean foodmarket in Tauranga. Eurodell in Auckland, the bulk food shop in Dominion Road, Mt Eden. It's more expensive than the industrial soy sauces but not impossibly so, around $5 a bottle. I'll give you a link to their website so you can see what it looks like.
[www.megachefsauce.com]
[www.megachefsauce.com]
Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 08:27AM |
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I use Megachef soy sauce also. It doesn't have to be refrigerated (I keep mine in the pantry) - the bottle states "Can be kept at room temperature but best refrigerated." It contains potassium sorbate as a preservative. If I lived in Cairns, I'd refrigerate it Ingredients are Water 38.9%, Soybean 20.5%, Rice 18.5%, Salt 15%, Fructose 7%, Potassium Sorbate (202). It's a product of Thailand. I buy it Moore Wilson's, my local equivalent of Gilmour's.
Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 08:43AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 10:32AM |
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Unfortunately I always associate the name Pearl River Bridge with these reports....
June 2001 [www.nzherald.co.nz]
August 2016 . [nextshark.com]
I do have their Chinese rice wine though (cooking wine)...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2019 01:00PM by J1.
June 2001 [www.nzherald.co.nz]
August 2016 . [nextshark.com]
I do have their Chinese rice wine though (cooking wine)...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2019 01:00PM by J1.
Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 11:36AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 01:08PM |
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Oh, yes, I have the San-J Organic Tamari gluten free soy sauce also. Ingredients are "water, organic soybeans, salt, organic alcohol (to preserve freshness)". I use my Megachef a lot more than the San-J though. The San-J is rich, one-dimensional but deep and strong flavour, whereas the Megachef is a soy and rice flavour with a sharp bite/tang. The San-J can dominate a dish too much (imho) and,depending on what you're using it for, it might suit cutting the amount in half or watering it down by half (a good way to save on soy sauce if the recipe's calling for ¼-½ cupfuls....).
I was brought up on Highmark Soy Sauce (premium dark), a New Zealand soy and staple of the supermarkets for years. I'm used to and enjoy/enjoyed its flavour but its ingredients are: water, salt, soya beans (6.5%), wheat, sugar, colour (150c), vegetable gum (415), flavour enhancer (621), preservative (211) so it is fairly "fake" as far as soy sauces go. Flavour enhancer (621) is MSG.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2019 01:40PM by J1.
I was brought up on Highmark Soy Sauce (premium dark), a New Zealand soy and staple of the supermarkets for years. I'm used to and enjoy/enjoyed its flavour but its ingredients are: water, salt, soya beans (6.5%), wheat, sugar, colour (150c), vegetable gum (415), flavour enhancer (621), preservative (211) so it is fairly "fake" as far as soy sauces go. Flavour enhancer (621) is MSG.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2019 01:40PM by J1.
Re: Soy sauce July 14, 2019 03:15PM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 24, 2019 01:54AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 24, 2019 04:54AM |
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@J1 I had a look at those reports. For the carcinogenics in those Soy Sauces to affect you, you need to consume 3 LITRES of that every day, to be at risk.
If you eat Meat that is black, or Steak that has char marks, or even medium browned toast, you are at a MUCH higher risk.
By all means, I am not saying don't choose another brand, but those reports need to be taken with a grain of salt (pun intended).
If you eat Meat that is black, or Steak that has char marks, or even medium browned toast, you are at a MUCH higher risk.
By all means, I am not saying don't choose another brand, but those reports need to be taken with a grain of salt (pun intended).
Re: Soy sauce July 24, 2019 08:50AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 04:47AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 05:07AM |
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Celery juice is high in nitrates. From Wikipedia: "Celery has a very high concentration of natural nitrate, and treating celery juice with a bacterial culture produces nitrite. The concentrated juice can then be used to produce “no nitrite added” processed meat"
I've also tried "nitrate free" bacon preserved with pineapple juice. It wasn't good at all.
I've also tried "nitrate free" bacon preserved with pineapple juice. It wasn't good at all.
Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 10:11AM |
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Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 10:17AM |
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I'm probably not alive, probably just some ethosomething cosmic waffle controlling my fingers enabling me to write this. How did I live for so long and for the most part quite healthily when I've eaten celery by the truck loads cos it's great for the widdles and supposedly kidneys. Not to mention all these other infused with nitrates greens I've stuffed down my unsuspecting throat over the years. I'm doomed obviously. Take me quickly and painlessly please. In the words of the immortal bard who in this case is me. Muck a duck. [healthyeating.sfgate.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2019 10:19AM by Kone.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2019 10:19AM by Kone.
Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 12:28PM |
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Ah Kone, how I loved your opening sentence . And celery is high on the list of foods with the most pesticide residues [organicnz.org.nz] Soy sauce doesn't get a mention though.
Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 12:48PM |
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Kone Wrote:
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How did I live
> for so long and for the most part quite healthily
> when I've eaten celery by the truck loads cos it's
> great for the widdles and supposedly kidneys. Not
> to mention all these other infused with nitrates
> greens I've stuffed down my unsuspecting throat
> over the years. .....
> [healthyeating.sfgate.com]
> getables-3535.html
The answer to your jocular rhetorical question is in the article you have linked:
"Normally, sodium nitrate in vegetables does not pose the same health risk as nitrites found in processed meat. The nitrites added to processed meats as preservatives and color enhancers can combine with proteins called amines to form compounds called nitrosamines. Nitrosamines have shown cancer-causing potential in animal studies. "
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How did I live
> for so long and for the most part quite healthily
> when I've eaten celery by the truck loads cos it's
> great for the widdles and supposedly kidneys. Not
> to mention all these other infused with nitrates
> greens I've stuffed down my unsuspecting throat
> over the years. .....
> [healthyeating.sfgate.com]
> getables-3535.html
The answer to your jocular rhetorical question is in the article you have linked:
"Normally, sodium nitrate in vegetables does not pose the same health risk as nitrites found in processed meat. The nitrites added to processed meats as preservatives and color enhancers can combine with proteins called amines to form compounds called nitrosamines. Nitrosamines have shown cancer-causing potential in animal studies. "
Re: Soy sauce July 26, 2019 12:57PM |
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