Soy sauce born in Niigata, the local harvest, brewed in 2024 is Koikuchi Soy Sauce. Please use it just like your usual soy sauce. Six Commitments in Brewing 2024, True Local Flavors (1) Commitment to Ingredients The ingredients for the 2024 brewing of local harvests include Niigata soybeans (variety: Enrei soybeans), Niigata wheat (variety: Yukichikara), and domestic salt. Both wheat and soybeans will be harvested in 2024. We purchase raw materials from farmers whose faces we can see as much as possible. (2) No adjustment of ingredients Since soy sauce is a basic seasoning, it's common sense to balance the flavor and components of umami. However, the local fruits deliberately do not adjust their ingredients. The flavor of the soybeans and wheat harvested in the year is unadjusted and filled into the bottle. This soy sauce is like Beaujolais Nouveau, allowing you to enjoy slightly different flavors each year. (The year of preparation is indicated on the label.) (3) Natural Brewing Soy sauce, which used to be brewed only during cold seasons, can now be brewed year-round. This is because the temperature of the aging tank can now be artificially controlled. However, the fruits of our hometown are not artificially controlled by temperature, but entirely depend on the Earth's body temperature. That is natural brewing. (4) Do not use preservatives Soy sauce is highly salty, but it can cause mold. As soy sauce manufacturers, we are afraid of this, so we ship soy sauce with preservatives like alcohol added. We chose not to use preservatives for our local harvest. (5) Umami and gentle sweetness Local Fruit does not use any sugar or other sweeteners, yet it has a gentle and sweet flavor. I think this isn't because we're adding anything, but because the microbes are enjoying it and fermenting it. The flavor you can't release is like a company secret of microorganisms. We also hope to someday discover that secret. (6) In case of raw material shortage (extra edition) If Niigata Prefecture's soybeans and wheat are unavailable due to poor harvests due to bad weather or other reasons, the local harvest for that year cannot be produced. There is a possibility that the product cannot be shipped and cause inconvenience, but there is nothing we can do about it. Please pray to heaven together so that does not happen.