Sauce is an indispensable savory sacred product in Oriental food culture, and it has a strong and delicious effect. But many people have the same question: Once the sauce is opened, where should it be stored to keep it fresh?
Cooking website Allrecipes pointed out that everyone knows that most foods such as tomato sauce and salad sauce need to be refrigerated after being opened, but does sour oil also need to be refrigerated?
{The website editor asked an expert of the Japanese soybean brand "Kikkoman". The company said that whether consumers use bags or bottles of soybeans, it is best to store them in the refrigerator after being unsealed, so that the flavor and quality of the soybeans can maintain the best state for a longer time and prevent color changes.
Sauce oil, like olive oil and vinegar, is a food that is more sensitive to light and temperature, so it is best to store it in a cool and light place when it is not opened; but in the same way, if the unsealed sauce oil is put into the refrigerator, the flavor and quality are easier to maintain.
If you don't want to use cold soy sauce as a sauce, or the refrigerator door is already filled, it is not necessary to place the sealed soy sauce in a cool place, but the premise is that if there is no water or other ingredients added to the soy sauce, it will not change even if it is not refrigerated. But in order to get the latest flavor of soy sauce, they still recommend that soy sauce should be used within one month after it is opened.
Sauce contains high concentrations of salt, which makes bacteria that are prone to disease not easy to breed. Unsealed soy sauce can be stored at room temperature and away from the heat source until the optimal shelf life marked on the packaging.