🌏 Pantai sweet soy sauce is a dark Asian soy sauce with a higher sugar content (sometimes referred to as ‘sweet soy sauce’ or, in Thai, ‘Xi Dau Ngot’), which is used as a seasoning, a dip or a side dish in many dishes – particularly grilled meats, fried rice, noodles or vegetable stir-fries.
🍽️ What is it?
Sweet soy sauce is an umami ingredient with a pleasantly sweet flavour and a subtly salty profile, made from fermented soya beans, sugar and wheat flour. This type of soya sauce is younger and sweeter than standard light or dark soya sauce and is used in a similar way to kecap manis in South-East Asia.
🧾 Ingredients and allergens
Main ingredients (approximate):
✔️ Soya extract (soya beans, wheat flour)
✔️ Sugar / brown sugar – a significant proportion for sweetness (e.g. ~40 %)
✔️ Water
✔️ Caramel colouring (E150c)
✔️ Acidity regulators (e.g. citric acid E330)
✔️ Salt / glucose syrup
(The proportions of ingredients may vary by brand; a typical recipe includes these ingredients.)
Allergens:
✔️ Soya and products derived from soya
✔️ Wheat (gluten) – a natural component of soya sauces due to fermentation and the use of flour.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g) (approximate)
(Values based on similar Pantai sweet soy sauces / general sweet soy sauces)
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Energy: ~1,200 kJ / ~266 kcal
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Fat: ~0.5 g
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of which saturated: ~0 g
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Carbohydrates: ~70 g
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Sugars: ~69 g
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Protein: ~0.5 g
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Salt: ~2.6 g
(May vary depending on the specific recipe on the packaging.)
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: distinctly sweet, slightly salty and umami, with a deep soya aroma.
✔️ Texture: a medium-thick sauce – suitable for grilled meat, as a dip or for seasoning dishes.
Culinary uses:
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🍗 Meat marinade: ideal for chicken, pork or beef when barbecuing or roasting.
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🍜 In stir-fries: adds a sweet depth when stir-frying rice or noodles.
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🥢 Dip: with Peking duck, tempura or vegetables.
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🥗 Seasoning: in salads or sauces as a sweeter alternative to standard soy sauce.
💡 Tip: If you want a dish to be more sour and sweet at the same time, try combining sweet soy sauce with a little lime juice or rice vinegar.
🧠 Summary
Pantai Sweet Soy Sauce 200 ml (XI DAU NGOT) is a sweet soya sauce with a distinctive sweet flavour and umami profile, which you can use as a marinade, dip or seasoning for Asian dishes, barbecues or stir-fries. It contains soya and wheat (gluten), so it is not suitable for a gluten-free diet.
