soy sauce: Quick Facts

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A hand pours soy sauce from a bottle with a red cap into a small white dipping bowl on a table, with chopsticks and a plate in the background.

A worker wearing a blue cap and mask stirs fermenting soybeans in a large clay vat, surrounded by rows of covered fermentation vessels outdoors in Rugao, Jiangsu, China.

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Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).

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