Kikkoman: version 1

Saved 2026-09-11 05:29 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/08715035130104, Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce 150 ml** (glass dispenser bottle). It is the corpus's first soy sauce and first product in GPC brick 10000280, Other Sauces Dipping/Condime. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Kikkoman <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Kikkoman
disambiguation: Japanese soy sauce and seasoning brand
website: https://www.kikkoman.eu/
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                       | market | from | until | ended | status   | source             | note                                                                                                                              |
| -------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/kikkoman-corporation | global |      |       |       | verified | as printed on pack | Trademark notice on the pack; Kikkoman Corporation's own history dates the single Kikkoman brand name to 1940 (^kikkoman-history) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name   | type | locale | from | until |
| ------ | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| キッコーマン | name | ja     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                                     | title                                                                                                                                             | accessed   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| off              | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/8715035130104   | Open Food Facts: Kikkoman less salt soy sauce 150 ml, record and label photographs (front 2024-12-06; back, ingredients and nutrition 2025-08-03) | 2026-09-11 |
| kfe-25           | https://www.kikkoman.com/en/news/2023/20231220_468.html | Kikkoman Corporation: Kikkoman Foods Europe B.V. (KFE) Celebrates 25th Anniversary (2023-12-20)                                                   | 2026-09-11 |
| kikkoman-history | https://www.kikkoman.com/en/corporate/history/01/       | Kikkoman Corporation: History 1917-1969                                                                                                           | 2026-09-11 |
| wikipedia        | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikkoman                  | Wikipedia: Kikkoman                                                                                                                               | 2026-09-11 |
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## About <!--about-->
Soy sauce and seasoning brand of Kikkoman Corporation, whose trademark notice is printed on the brand's European packs.[^off] The company's forerunner, Noda Shoyu Co. Ltd., adopted "Kikkoman" as its single brand name nationwide in Japan in 1940.[^kikkoman-history] Wikipedia calls it the most popular soy sauce brand in Japan and the United States.[^wikipedia] Soy sauce for Europe has been brewed in Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the Netherlands since 1997.[^kfe-25]
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