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Shoyu vs Tamari vs Liquid Aminos vs Coconut Aminos: Best Soy Sauce Labels Compared

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Shoyu is just Japanese for soy sauce, tamari uses little or no wheat, liquid aminos aren't brewed, and coconut aminos skip soy entirely. We read the labels: brewed vs hydrolyzed, the FDA's 140 mg low sodium rule, gluten-free claims and teriyaki, coconut aminos vs soy sauce, and the best soy sauce picks we've scored (as of October 2026).

Full guide and the products we checked
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Bragg Liquid Aminos — 71/100
• Bragg Coconut Liquid Aminos — 71/100
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 Five Bottles, Five Bases
1:33 Brewed or Not
2:41 Sodium and the Low Sodium Rule
4:09 Gluten, Tamari and Teriyaki
5:14 Coconut Aminos vs Soy Sauce
6:13 Color, Sugar and Preservatives
6:48 How to Read a Soy Sauce Label
7:24 The Best Soy Sauce Picks
8:26 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-18. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.

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