On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:52:22 -0700 (PDT), aem wrote:

> On Aug 4, 10:43*am, George > wrote:
>>
>> How does Kimlan soy sauce(s) compare to Pearl River Bridge?
>> I have never seen it in the Asian markets I frequent in the
>> NYC/NJ/Philly area.
>
> Kimlan is a very large Taiwanese food products company, claiming the
> biggest soy sauce sales among Taiwan brands. Pearl River Bridge is a
> very large company in Guangdong, which may be the biggest soy sauce
> seller from China. Kikkoman has the equivalent position in Japan.
> They all make "genuine" stuff, naturally fermented, as few additives
> as possible, and they all taste good to a lot of people. You can find
> all three in both the asian markets and the supermarkets here in
> SoCal. Which you like best is up to your taste. Kikkoman has a lower-
> sodium soy sauce that tastes, as far as I can tell, just like the
> regular product. I don't know whether the others offer a lower sodium
> version. I've been stuck on Pearl River Bridge for quite a while now
> but I've used both the others in the past and may again in the
> future. -aem

i saw a lower-sodium kimlan soy sauce at the asian market just the other
day.

i've been using pearl river bridge for a while now, too. i think it has a
slight edge over kikkoman (without getting into the weeds about japanese
vs. chinese styles), but kikkoman has the advantage of wider availability.

your pal,
blake