Kucharek Soya Sauce 215 g is a liquid seasoning from the Czech brand Kucharek – a versatile ingredient with umami, a salty and slightly sweet flavour profile, suitable for seasoning many dishes, particularly soups, sauces, meat, vegetables and Asian dishes.
🧾 What is it?
It is a soya sauce-based seasoning used both as a flavouring during cooking and as a dip. It is not traditionally fermented Japanese soy sauce, but rather a liquid seasoning based on soy hydrolysate and other flavourings – similar to common, cheaper domestic varieties of soy sauce.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients:
✔️ Drinking water
✔️ Soya protein hydrolysate (approx. 14 %) – source of umami
flavour
✔️ Table salt
✔️ Spirit
vinegar
✔️ Sugar
✔️ Flavour and aroma enhancers (e.g. monosodium glutamate)
✔️ White wine
✔️ Fruit jam (plums, apples, sugar)
✔️ Colouring (ammonia-sulphite caramel)
✔️ Tomato purée
✔️ Glucose-fructose syrup
✔️ Flavourings and spice mix
Allergens:
✔️ Contains soya (part of the hydrolysate).
⚠️ The product may contain traces of cereals containing gluten, eggs, milk (including lactose), mustard, celery, peanuts and sesame – always check the ingredients directly on the packaging.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~240 kJ / ~63 kcal |
| Fat | ~0 g |
| – of which saturated | ~0 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~11 g |
| – of which sugars | ~9.2 g |
| Protein | ~4.5 g |
| Salt | ~16.7 g |
| *(Approximate values based on the manufacturer’s data for Kucharek soya sauce.) |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: salty, umami profile with a subtle sweetness and aromatic notes of spices and plum jam.
✔️ Texture: a liquid, light-brown sauce suitable for adding to dishes.
Recommended uses:
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🥢 Seasoning stir-fry dishes: vegetables, meat, rice, noodles
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🍲 Soups and sauces: add for umami depth
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🍖 Marinating: for briefly marinating meat, fish or tofu
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🍱 Dip: as a dip for sushi, spring rolls or other Asian dishes
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🥗 Dressings: in salad dressings or sauce mixes
📦 Storage
➡️ Before opening, store in a cool, dark place.
➡️ After opening: store in the fridge and use within the time recommended on the packaging for best flavour and quality.
🧠 Summary
Kucharek Soy Sauce 215 g is a Czech liquid seasoning with an umami flavour, suitable for cooking and as a dip. Thanks to its content of hydrolysed soya, salt and flavourings, it gives dishes the savoury, aromatic profile typical of Asian cuisine. The product may contain traces of other allergens, so always check the label if you have any allergies.
🍽️ Tip: Use it as a quick flavouring in a homemade Asian marinade with ginger, garlic and a little honey for a sweet-and-salty effect.
