Sodium levels: soy sauce, tamari, braggs liquid aminos

[beforewisdom]

I was at the heatlh food yesterday and I did some comparison shopping on soy sauces by sodium level.

Regular San-J brand organic soy sauce and tamari had a whopping 1000mg of sodium per serving.

Reduced sodium San-J brand tamari had 700mg per serving

Regular Bragg Liquid Aminos had 200mg per serving

( servings were all the same sizes )

Steve

[smedley]

yeah--- i use braggs for everything--it ROCKS!!!!!!!

[bstutzma]

Mmmmm braggs :-) I have so little now left in my bottle, gotta get another one ;-) even though this post says its lower in sodium, it sure does taste VERY salty. A little goes a VERY long way.

[MollyGoat]

I think the Braggs tastes WAY saltier than the low-sodium San-J. I guess it's because you need to use more Braggs to get the same amount of flavor. I really do think you get the most flavor for the least amount of sodium with the reduced-sodium Tamari.

[Joe]

I was at the heatlh food yesterday and I did some comparison shopping on soy sauces by sodium level.

Regular San-J brand organic soy sauce and tamari had a whopping 1000mg of sodium per serving.

Reduced sodium San-J brand tamari had 700mg per serving

Regular Bragg Liquid Aminos had 200mg per serving

( servings were all the same sizes )

Steve

This does not jibe with my information.

See my post in a similar thread:

http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/s...074#post661074

Bragg's achieves a lower sodium content per serving in part by specifying a much smaller serving size: 1/2 teaspoon. Most other soy sauce products specify a serving size of one tablespoon (= 6 x 1/2 teaspoon).

Bragg's has a sodium content of 660 mgs per tablespoon, which is about the same as most "lite" soy sauces.

[Jinga]

Perhaps the two Braggs threads should be combined? All the info in one place = yeah!

[beforewisdom]

This does not jibe with my information.

You are right about Bragg's serving size, but your information is incomplete.

Bragg's liquid aminos still have less sodium the regular soy sauce and it even has less sodium then SanJ reduced sodium soy sauce:

Converting Measurements:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4208_convert...surements.html

3 tsps = 1 Tbsp


Generic listing for soy sauce ( tamari ) from the USDA:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcom...st_nut_edit.pl
1 Tbsp 1005 mg


SanJ soy sause sodium content per 1 Tbsp:
http://www.san-j.com/pages/nutritn1.htm
- premium tamari : 960 mg
- reduced sodium tamari 700 mg
- shoyu 960 mg


Bragg's Liquid Aminos
http://www.bragg.com/products/liquidaminos.html
- per 1/2 teaspoon 110 mg
- per 1 tablespoon ( 110 x 6 ) 660 mg

[ebola]

but san j tamari is yummy.

[KimberlyNYC]

Besides sodium levels, what are the differences between soy sauce, tamari sauce, and Braggs in terms of ingredients and taste?

[MollyGoat]

I still think that Bragg's tastes way saltier than low-sodium San-J.

Tamari has a much richer, more nuanced flavor than Bragg's. I really don't like Bragg's much.