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I tried a bottle of San-J tamari for the first time today. It tasted salty and bitter. I found that adding a pinch of sugar with the tamari to smooth out the bitterness made it taste more similar to soy sauce. But, wanted to get your thoughts? Is tamari and soy sauce a 1:1 substitute?

Anastasia Zendaya
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    Thoughts on what, precisely? Tamari ***is*** soy sauce, specifically one made without wheat. Simple comparison… https://sanchi.co.uk/blog-cs/shoyu-or-tamari-soy-sauce/ – Tetsujin Apr 10 '21 at 07:53
  • Is it possible you're used to sweetened soy sauce, such as is often served with dumplings? If you still have an older bottle of soy sauce that tastes normal to you, check the ingredients for sugar. – csk Apr 10 '21 at 17:05
  • related : https://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/56335/67 – Joe Apr 10 '21 at 17:06

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The answer is both yes, and at the same time no.

The problem is that there are a lot of types of soy sauce (see What are the differences between types of soy sauce? ), and many of them are not good substitutions for each other.

Depending on what type of soy sauce you're replacing, Tamari may be a good 1:1 substitution, or it may not be.

Joe
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