Patent ID: 8092795

Claim:
A low salt soy sauce, comprising components (A) to (C): (A) sodium in an amount of up to 3.55% by weight; (B) potassium in an amount of 0.5% to 4.2% by weight, and (C) a food material having an antihypertensive effect, in an amount of 0.05% to 10% by weight, wherein the food material comprises an effective amount of at least one peptide having angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity, wherein said at least one peptide having angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity is selected from the group consisting of a peptide obtained from milk, a salt of a peptide obtained from milk, a peptide obtained from cereal, a salt of a peptide obtained from cereal, a peptide obtained from fish, and a salt of a peptide obtained from fish; wherein a remaining portion of the low salt soy sauce excluding component (C) is adapted by incorporation of a substance other than component (C) to have a nitrogen content (D) of 1.6% to 2% by weight, % by weight being based on a total weight of the low salt soy sauce.