A-Merk Sweet soy sauce Ketjap Manis 500 ml

✨ A-Merk Ketjap Manis sweet soy sauce for Indonesian-style cooking

Ketjap manis is a special kind of Indonesian sweet soy sauce—rich, dark, and gently syrupy, with a deep soy savoriness balanced by sweetness. It’s a simple way to add glossy color and a rounded, caramel-like depth to everyday stir-fries and marinades.

Use it as a finishing sauce, a quick glaze, or a seasoning in the pan. A little goes a long way: start with a small splash, taste, and adjust—especially if you’re pairing it with salty soy sauce or fish sauce.

✅ Key features

• Adds sweetness and umami in one step, helping you balance savory dishes without extra sugar
• Thicker, more glossy than regular soy sauce—great for coating noodles, rice, and grilled foods
• Useful as both seasoning and glaze: stir in while cooking or brush on near the end for shine
• Easy shortcut for Indonesian-inspired flavors at home, especially in fried rice and fried noodles
• Pairs well with aromatics like garlic, ginger, and chili for a quick, flavorful sauce base

🍽️ How to use

• Stir into nasi goreng or mee goreng for that signature sweet-savory finish
• Mix with lime juice and chili for a fast dipping sauce for grilled chicken, tofu, or spring rolls
• Use in a marinade with garlic and a neutral oil; brush on during the last minutes of grilling or roasting for a glossy glaze
• Add a small spoonful to stir-fried vegetables to round out salty sauces and deepen color
• Toss with noodles plus a splash of regular soy sauce to control sweetness and saltiness to taste

👩‍🍳 Try our original recipes

• Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice) – Easy Weeknight Recipe
  Nasi Goreng is Indonesia’s iconic fried rice: smoky, savoury-sweet, and endlessly adaptable.
• Mee Goreng (Southeast Asian Fried Noodles) – Easy Weeknight Recipe
  Mee goreng is the kind of dish you make once and then crave regularly: springy noodles tossed in a sweet-savoury, lightly spicy sauce, finished fast over high heat.
• Bami Goreng Noodles (Indonesian-Style Fried Noodles) — Easy Weeknight Recipe
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🧾 Ingredients

water, sugar, salt, soy hydrolysed protein, dye E150C, thickener E407, E412, E466, acidity regulator E330, preservative E211, aroma, spices.

🧾 Allergens

soya.

🧾 Nutrition facts

Energy (kJ) - 789 kJ

Energy (kcal) - 186 kcal

Fats - 0.7 g of which saturated fatty acids 0.3 g

Carbohydrates- 42 g of which 40 g sugars

Protein - 2.9 g

Salt - 2.33 g

✨ Final touch

Did you know ketjap manis is typically thicker and sweeter than regular soy sauce, which is why it’s often used as both a seasoning and a glaze?