Customer Reviews

Bragg - Bragg Liquid Aminos, 32 fl oz

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This stuff is unfermented soy sauce. I don't know what fermentation does for soy sauce, but what I know is that my low-sodium tamari soy sauce has about the same nutritional value as Bragg but tastes a whole lot better. Don't be fooled by the small serving size in Liquid Aminos, the sodium content is high; this is not a low sodium food (my tamari sauce contains less sodium per volume, and it's still high). The amino acid profile means nothing in small quantities, it's not like anyone drinks soy sauce for its protein. A half-dime sized piece of tofu contains more amino acids than a serving of this.

I recommend you go for a high quality Asian brand of low sodium soy sauce. It'll taste better, and it'll be at least as healthy.

I ran across Bragg Liquid Aminos purely by accident. I happened to see it on the shelf at some store when I was shopping for groceries and decided to try it out. I am into healthy foods these days because I am in my 50s with a family history of high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.

The Nutrition Facts numbers were good --- 0 mg total fat, o mg cholesterol, 100 mg carbs, 110 mg sodium, and 290 mg of protein. According to the manufacurer, the 100 mg sodium is not added, but is what naturally grows within the ingredients.

Wow. Good tasting stuff! Somehow, it tastes salty without being loaded with salt.

Having lived in Kentucky as a kid, I know and understand the appeal of the best tasting food in the world -- southern greens. But, as you know if you have ever had them, they are loaded with fat and salt.

What I found, as a good alternative, is to steam raw greens in a microwave steamer, using no salt and instead, sprinkling in Bragg Liquid Aminos, along with chopped onions, and your favorite non-salt spices.

Hhm, boy!

Buy & use for the benefits of the amino acids but not for a tasty soy sauce replacement. It does, however, mix easily half & half with soy sauce in recipes & no one will notice that they're getting a health jolt. This is a basic product for your pantry.

-> Note: I was surprised that the Amazon price was better than my local grocery.

Here's from the website:
"Bragg Liquid Aminos has a shelf life of 5 years; although due to its nature, Bragg Liquid Aminos can be safely used for many years after expiration."

Well I didn't know it was a health food! I just bought it because friends were always bringing some tasty dish to a pot luck, and when it was one of those creations that made you ask for the recipe, well, most of the times the'd say "and it has some Bragg's amino's in it.." Kinda salty, not in a bad way, kinda like soy sauce, like a rich expensive soy sauce, kinda smokey, like adding a special kick to some foods; greens, mashed taters, soup, rice, even popcorn.
Contains Amino Acids? like in protein? yep. And it's cruelty free eating, so there.

Bragg's makes a great seasoning for almost anything. I love that it is gluten free. All you need is a very small amount to season your food - a little goes a long way. You might even want to use a spray bottle for application. It is cheaper to buy this size and make your own spray bottle, as opposed to purchasing the Bragg's spray seasoning bottle. Despite what other reviewers say, this does make a good substitute for soy sauce. I have used it to make fried rice and used it for my sushi. When you have to eat GF, you make exceptions with food. But with Bragg's, you don't have to. It is delicious.

With wheat allergies, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure - oh, and MSG gives me migraines - getting on the right track and cooking food that tastes great requires a touch of soy sauce - but all the good tasting soy sauce has wheat in it and is WAY too high in sodium. This stuff is WONDERFUL!
Tofu scramble for breakfast (and fruit), grilled summer squash and zucchini, red lentils with greens, peppers and onions - everything just takes a few shakes of Braggs instead of salt and WOW - going low-fat, low-salt, no-grain vegan is actually easy and very tasty!
Thank you Dr. Fuhrman!!

Pro: I like the taste of this product and use it as a stock in soups as well as spray it on popcorn.
Con: I believe that their claim of "no added salt" is misleading, because:
The label on my bottle states: "160 mg sodium" in a 2.5 milliliter serving, and that translates to 8 kilograms of raw soy beans per serving (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy)...physically impossible. Thus, the sodium MUST be coming from some other source than "vegetable protein from Soybeans and Purified Water" (ingredients stated on the label). I would prefer it if they were more forthcoming as to how the product is actually made...it's not just soybeans & water...it is vegetable protein DERIVED from soybeans...question is, how do they derive it??

Conclusion: Useful, tasty additive to foods, but best used sparingly as you would any other flavoring...probably no better, or worse, than regular soy sauce chemically made from soybeans (which is probably cheaper, but then you don't know where the soybeans come from).

I hope this helps anyone who may be as confused as I was!!

I love the flavor of this product, but i must comment on the sodium content as I've seen too many people (my mom included) believe this product is low sodium. IT IS NOT LOW SODIUM. This has MORE sodium than some other brands of Soy Sauce, and way more than "low sodium" variants. Braggs calls 1 teaspoon (2.5 ml) one serving, where most other soy sauce bottles call one TABLESPOON (15 ml) a serving. That is a listed serving size only 1/6th as large as your regular soy sauce. To see how another soy sauce compares, simply multiply the Sodium content of Braggs by six, for a total of 960mg per tablespoon. Here are some popular soy sauces with their sodium content per tablespoon:
Braggs Liquid Aminos 960mg
La Choy Regular 1160mg
La Choy Less Sodium 550mg
Kikkoman Regular 920mg
Kikkoman Less Sodium 575mg
Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark 1220mg!

There are tons of others, some higher, some lower. To find out why there is so much salt in Braggs despite their (technically correct) claim of no added table salt, search online - it is not natural salt found in the veggies. My goal is to only inform on the actual Sodium content as your health may be compromised if you're on a restricted diet. I really do use this as my "soy sauce" of choice, but only because i love the flavor.

Like many americans, I am trying to eat better, I am lowering my intake of sodium, fat, and all those extra calories that condiments can bring! I love soy sauce, it adds so much flavor to my meals and yet the sodium content is through the roof, i might as well spoon the salt right on my carefully prepared dinner. Bragg Liquid Aminos (could the name be more non appetizing sounding?) is a product that claims its just like your go to soy sauce but with no calories and more importantly less sodium, and its all natural.

I really love it, and was pleasantly surprised at how it tastes. It is almost undistinguishable from regular soy sauce, it is a bit "heartier" in its flavor but that just means a little will go a long way. I highly recommend it to anyone trying to cut the sodium out of thier diet but not the taste!

When I bought this, it really has a more full bodied and yummy flavor that I enjoy. The name might sound strange, but really it tastes a lot like soy sauce, with a slight molasses flavor that seems to linger behind for a long while after consuming some of it (You might not notice this, but I noticed it so much because I had it with plain rice.) I was so excited about this purchase literally an hour ago but after some research I have seen a few things about it that I am like, eh, now (although the taste is pretty good, still.) It seems to have a low sodium content at first, although, unfortunately, it does not. In one half teaspoon there is 6% of your daily value. However, there are 3 teaspoons in one tablespoon. Most soy sauce or tamari (or shoyu, whatever may be your flavor) shows a serving size as 1 tablespoon. To get a real comparison, you have to multiply that amount by 6. So, in reality, if you put 1tbsp of Bragg's just like you might normal soy sauce, you would get something exactly as salty. However, they do speak of a spray bottle option, which I would definitely think about using in the future for not just bragg's, but any soy sauce. That sounds very economical and very smart to keep the salt content in my food low. Also, it is a processed soy product. It is more raw than soy sauce though, because it is not fermented - a positive for this product. But there is some concern with false or misleading labeling. Bragg's makes it sound like they obtain the product through non-chemical processing methods and markets it as a health food product. However, the company has admitted that the sauce is made by treating a soy product with hydrochloric acid, the aminos are separated, and that the end product is neutralized again with basically baking soda. This sounds a tad bit yucky and chemical-y to me, but, then again, hydrochloric acid naturally occurs in your stomach (which I learned just today, and makes this sound, well, not as bad as I thought, but still, eh.)

Also, some people on forum sites about Bragg's described instances where they did some prolonged fasting diets after regularly using Bragg's and complained of a smell remniscent of the sauce coming out of their sweat for days and days. That is strange, and I don't know if it could have been singularly from the bragg's, but garlic and onion also permeate a lot through your tissue, and being pregnant and nasally sensitive lately, I smell that on people who AREN'T fasting for days after they eat it and it just smells gross and so sour. Those two ingredients are in almost EVERYTHING we eat, especially if you eat packaged foods! From personal experience also, I have definitely had some yuck smells just keep coming out of me while fasting, but those smells could be from a lot of different things.

Personally, I haven't experienced any strange smells on myself. However, a little bit goes a long way. You will probably get a headache and fatigued if you use more than 1 tbsp. I don't use too much on my food, not more than one tbsp at the very most, and I'm not an exceptionally salty type of person and I'm trying to cut it down or at least use healthy salt alternatives instead.

Another one of my concerns is the lack of the organic label. I shoot for getting most everything organic. Having this not have an organic label worries me about some of the production processes (not just the ones I spoke about above) but also that they might not put environmental concerns somewhere at the top of their checklist as a company. This is just a theoretical idea of mine.

In any case, I bought a giant bottle of this, and I'll probably use it just about till it's gone unless I think of someone I would like to give it to and find another (preferably organic and raw) alternative I like - it still tastes pretty good and I don't have any reason to dislike it for that!