A soy sauce maker and a food company in Fukui Prefecture, along with Fukui Prefectural University, have jointly developed an alcohol-free soy saucelike seasoning with the aim of marketing it to Muslim consumers at home and abroad.

The new seasoning, named Fukumurasaki, has been approved as halal, which means that the product is processed according to Islamic law, which requires that food served to Muslims be completely alcohol-free.

Soy sauce usually contains a small amount of alcohol as it is made through the fermentation of soy beans via rice malt.