Nam Duong wins “best taste of Vietnamese soy sauce in 2019” title
The Nam Duong International Foodstuff Corporation’s Nam Duong condensed soy sauce has won the title “The best taste of Vietnamese soy sauce in 2019” by the Canada’s Culture Magazin, a leading publication in North America on culture, tourism and cuisine.
Members of the Evaluation Committee participating in the soy sauce tasting and voting session at the Culture Magazin’s office in Canada (Source: culturemagazin.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Nam Duong International Foodstuff Corporation’s Nam Duong condensedsoy sauce has won the title “The besttaste of Vietnamese soy sauce in 2019” by the Canada’s Culture Magazin, aleading publication in North America on culture, tourism and cuisine.
The poll waslaunched i꧟n April for Vietnam’s soy sauce brands manufactured in the country,excluding international brands or companies with 100 percent foreign-investedcapital.
Criteria for the winner include having the most voted flavor bythe Evaluation Committee in Canada in the poll organized by Culture Magazin;having all required types of legal business documents (according to Vietnameselaw) and food hygiene and safety certificates, and factories of internationalstandards; being favoured by domestic consumers; and being highly rated by foodexperts for traditional flavour which is preserved throughout nearly 70 years.
Culture MagazinEditor-in-Chief Ann Nguyen said that the poll was made at the request of itsreaders, mostly Vietnamese expats in Canada. Thai Kim Son,General Director of the Namꩵ Duong International Foodstuff Corporation, saidthat the title is an encouragement for the firm in the path of conqueringconsumers🦩.
Nam Duong soysauce, with a different name in 1951 which is Tau vi yeu Con Meo Den, has beenthe flavour associated with meals of millions of Vietnamese families back inthe 50s-60s. Along withVietnam, the product has been sold in many other markets, including NorthAmerican countries, Russia, Poland, Hungary and Taiwan.-VNA
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Members of the Evaluation Committee participating in the soy sauce tasting and voting session at the Culture Magazin’s office in Canada (Source: culturemagazin.com) 
