Patent ID: 7666409

Claim:
A low salt soy sauce, comprising components (A) to (C): (A) sodium, sodium being present in an amount of up to 3.55% by weight; (B) potassium in an amount of from 0.5% to 4.2% by weight, and (C) a food material having an antihypertensive effect selected from the group consisting of polyphenols, γ-aminobutyric acid and salts thereof, and taurine and salts thereof in an amount of from 0.05% to 10% by weight; 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.