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soy sauce

liquid seasoning
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Summary

soy sauce ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,929 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: soy bean[2]
  • Subclass of: sauce[3], soy food[4], fermented food[5]
  • Commons category: Soy sauce[6]
  • Country of origin: China[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Soy sauces[8]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10]
  • Native label: 酱油[11]
  • Cuisine: Japanese cuisine[12], Chinese cuisine[13]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_0010148[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Water footprint: 613 cubic metre per ton[16]

Why It Matters

soy sauce has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Aiaiaiaiaia · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → Q140434802
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Manufacturer: Q140434802"
  2. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2dfVMz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541)"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17845, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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