No Fish Sauce by Ocean's Halo

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I'm really enjoying this "No Fish" sauce. It has a nice savory flavor. I am also sensitive to soy, and this is one of the rare vegan "fish" sauce products that is soy-free. It's a winner in my book.

I'm not a cook by trade, but I regularly cook for church groups and fund raisers (12-100 meals, usually), and people look forward to my turn cooking. I'm omnivorous usually, but we had a mission feeding on Ash Wednesday, so I converted my Thai red curry recipe to be vegetarian - and it was just as good! Checking ingredients, the fish sauce and flat bread were the only things keeping it from being vegan, so I thought I'd take those last steps for a vegan alternative July's fundraiser dinner. I did a test cook using this product at the house, and wasn't really pleased. Testing afterwards, my nose told me it was this sauce - the smell is only slightly different than fish sauce, but not nearly as intense. I doubled the quantity (1 tsp per 1 cup serving vs 1/2tsp per 1 cup serving) in some leftovers, and that turned the trick! I also found a great vegan tandoori flatbread, so the July fundraiser is on, with both chicken and vegan options!

This is the ONLY brand I'll purchase but what hurts is I can only find this on Amazon. I can find all kinds of other things made by this company at the local stores but not this particular item. I love this stuff too. I use it in all kinds of dishes! I love it in my Kimchi :) but it's great in most everything. I highly recommend this and this company. Thank you Amazon for carrying this :)

Like some others, I was pleasantly surprised to receive three samples of different types of broth with my purchase. That's all well and good as long as the main product tastes good. I popped the bottle open after shaking it quite well and tried a little capful straight. I LOVE soy sauce and nearly every Chinese dish there is but my recently developed issues with soy (and extra carbs) prevents me from enjoying something I've eaten forever. This sauce is the best substitution I've had! Great flavor without the soy and heavy carbs! In addition to the bottle I purchased and the free samples, I also received 10 Buy One, Get One Free coupons to try their other products (if I can find them near me). Let me say, that's exactly the way to conduct business and get me to try your products! Well done! Can't wait to try my free samples and pick up some of the other items they have!

This is my first experience with vegan fish sauce. I had a couple of recipes that called for it and I wasn't sure what to expect. It tastes great! The company sent samples of their other products, all of which were really good, especially the Ramen broth. It was a great introduction and I will continue to buy their products.

We love this vegan fish sauce and after ordering from the company directly this will definitely be our go to. The bottle was bigger than I expected - definitely bigger than the bottles I’ve gotten from Whole Foods for similar price. Our shipment also came with some broth and seaweed snack lagniappe!

Unfortunately, this product is not an alternative to fish sauce used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. It tastes nothing like the super salty umami of fish sauce, but is rather lacking depth of flavor. The molasses is the primary note and it is nowhere near salty enough. Mushroom soy sauce from the Asian grocery is a much better alternative.