Regulation 131

Soya bean sauce shall be a clear, salty, brown liquid made from sound soya beans with or without other wholesome foodstuffs, by either enzymic reaction or acid hydrolysis or by both methods.

Soya bean sauce must be palatable and free from any offensive odour or any mould, except harmless strains of Aspergillus belonging to the flavus-oryzae group.

Soya bean sauce may contain sugar, caramel and permitted chemical preservative. The total nitrogen content shall not be less than 0.6% (w/v).