But all that changed in 1999. Lan Chun-chieh, then a consultant to Pingtung Prison and an associate professor of food science and technology at Tajen University, proposed that they sell low-salt soy sauce.
因循苟且的景況在 1999 年有了大幅轉變，時任屏監顧問的大仁科技大學食品科技所副教授藍群傑，提出了「薄鹽醬油」的構想。