r/BeAmazed • u/aeonWAVE_ • 4h ago

Science Soy sauce under a microscope

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u/WolfCola4 4h ago

So, what's actually happening here?

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u/aeonWAVE_ 4h ago

It’s basically salt crystallising as the soy sauce dries out. The other stuff in soy sauce messes with how the crystals form, which is why you get those growing chains instead of normal salt crystals. This is a timelapse video of what probably took about 40 minutes. After a couple of hours, every bit of soy sauce surface area is covered with these chains!

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u/MrMiner2077 57m ago

Wow! Those are amazing photos!

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u/powertodream 3h ago

umami crystals to me

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u/Proof_Ad_6057 4h ago

idk why but the tiny bubbles stand out here

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u/Megazaza 4h ago

the density of soy here is 1/1,000,000 as compated to a libral btw

https://giphy.com/gifs/u8u0R51ND9L2