Fish sauce sandfish. "Ikanago shoyu" of Kagawa Prefecture is made from sand lance. They are often reserved for the preparation of "nabemono". In Korea, fish sauce is called "eojang" (). Across the Korean Peninsula, "aekjeot" (, literally "liquid "jeotgal""), a type of fish sauce usually made from fermented anchovies or sand lances, is used as a crucial ingredient in many types of kimchi, both for taste and fermentation. In Jeju island, "eoganjang" (), made of fermented "godori" (young chub mackerels) or horse mackerels, is used in place of soy sauce. Colatura di Alici is an Italian fish sauce. Worcestershire sauce contains fermented
Soy sauce sauce"), and "guk-ganjang" (, "soup soy sauce"). The homebrewed variety is also called "jip-ganjang" (, "home soy sauce"). Depending on the length of aging, "hansik ganjang" can be divided into three main varieties: clear, middle, and dark. Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's Food Code classifies "hansik-ganjang" into two categories by their ingredients. "Gaeryang-ganjang" (, "modernized soy sauce"), referring to varieties of soy sauces not made of meju, is now the most widely used type of soy sauce in modern Korean cuisine. The word "ganjang" without modifiers in bokkeum (stir-fry), jorim (braised or simmered dishes), and jjim (steamed dishes)