Is Amoy light soy sauce ultra-processed?

150ml Soy sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E150a Plain caramel
E627 Disodium guanylate
E631 Disodium inosinate

16 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed soy sauces

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Soy sauce (processing marker) 51%, water, soybean, salt (processing marker), wheat flour, water sugar salt, colcur (plain caramel (ultra-processing marker)), acidity regulators (citric acid, lactic acid), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), flavour enhancears (e631 (ultra-processing marker), e627 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Soy sauce extract (51%, water, soybean, salt, wheat flour, water sugar salt, colcur (plain caramel), acidity regulators (citric acid, lactic acid), preservative (potassium sorbate), flavour enhancears (E631, E627).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 soy sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 60% of the soy sauces here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 94 soy sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000111044226, last edited 27 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.