Worcestershire sauce encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder writes in his "Historia Naturalis" and the fourth/fifth-century Roman culinary text Apicius includes garum in its recipes. The use of similar fermented anchovy sauces in Europe can be traced back to the 17th century. The Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and has continued to be the leading global brand of Worcestershire sauce. The origin of the Lea & Perrins recipe is unclear. The packaging originally stated that the sauce came "from the recipe of a nobleman in the county". The company has also claimed that "Lord Marcus Sandys, ex-Governor of Bengal" encountered it
Soup soy sauce beliefs that they drive away evil spirits. As the fermentation progresses, the brine acquires flavour and colour. This aged brine is boiled to become soy sauce, and the rest (aged "meju" chunks) is mashed to become soybean paste. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's "Food Code" classifies "hansik ganjang" into two categories by their ingredients: Depending on the length of aging, "hansik ganjang" can be divided into three main varieties: clear, middle, and dark. Soup soy sauce Guk-ganjang () or soup soy sauce is a type of Korean soy sauce ("ganjang") made entirely of fermented soybean ("meju") and