SOY

or Soya, a brown sauce, valuable to the commercial sauce manufacturer, obtained by a long double fermentation of mashed, steamed soy-beans and pulverized, roasted wheat, together with water, salt, ete. In appearance it resembles Worcesters hire sauce, of which it is an important ingredient. It should be clear, thick, and sirupy. When shaken in a bottle or gla it should leave a bright yellow film. It should not be too salt or too sweet.