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foods from soyabean: Soyabean milk, dried milk substitutes
from soyabean, malt foods containing soyabean, soyabean
flour, multipurpose food (fortified soyaflour), dehydrated
soup mixture, balanced food, soyabean protein isolate.
Fermented soyabean products: Soy sauce, tofu or soyabean
curd, miso, natto, tempeh. Conclusion.
Note 1. This is the earliest document seen (Jan. 2001)
from India that mentions tempeh.
Note 2. This is the earliest English-language document
seen (Aug. 2003) that contains the term “soyabean protein”
(or “soyabean proteins”).
Note 3. This is the earliest English-language document
seen (Aug. 2003) that contains the term “soyabean protein
isolate” (or “soyabean protein isolates”). Address: Central
Food Technological Research Inst. (CFTRI), Mysore, India.
152. General Mills, Specialty Products Div. 1961. 5 General
Mills soy products help meet world protein needs (Ad).
Soybean Digest. June. p. 23.
• Summary: The five products are MPF (Multi-Purpose
Food. “the vital backbone of a low-cost meal”), TSP-200
(micro-milled toasted soy protein), LSP-15 (a blend of TSP-
200 and General Mills fluid natural lecithin), Genpro 200
(untoasted soy protein), and Syn-Klym (a “synthetic milk”
product, based on soy protein, available in both whole fat
and non-fat forms). Address: 9200 Wayzata Blvd.,
Minneapolis 26, Minnesota.
153. Hafner, Fred H. 1961. Multi-Purpose Food: Valuable
aid to improved nutrition. Soybean Digest. June. p. 20-21.
• Summary: “Since 1946, the nonprofit Meals for Millions
Foundation has distributed over 62 million 2-ounce servings
of MPF to 127 countries. Such eminent men as Dr. Albert
Schweitzer (Gabon), Dr. Glen Tuttle (Congo), and the late
Dr. Tom Dooley (Laos) praised MPF for its value in treating
severe cases of protein starvation (kwashiorkor) and in
meeting dietary needs of the malnourished which were
treated at their hospitals. Since 1959, General Mills (GMI)
has been manufacturing MPF for MFM as well as
promoting its use in the U.S.A. and abroad.” A photo shows
Fred H. Hafner. Address: Director of Protein Operations,
Specialty Products Div., General Mills, Inc.
154. Meals for Millions. 1961. How you can help expand
soybean markets: As protein food for people (Ad). Soybean
Digest. June. p. 59.
• Summary: A half-page vertical ad. “1. Take out an annual
membership in non-profit Meals for Millions Foundation
($10–$25–$100).
“2. Make a personal or group contribution (in any
amount) through your church, club, community group to
provide ‘3¢ meals’ of soy-based Multi-Purpose Food (MPF)
to missions, hospitals, schools, orphanages.
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“In the past 15 years Meals for Millions has introduced
63 million ‘3¢ meals’ of MPF into 127 countries through
more than 200 voluntary agencies for use under observation
of medical, health and welfare authorities.
“Meals for Millions is unendowed, unsubsidized–
maintained by voluntary contributions–by ‘penny power
and penny wisdom.’
“The Example of MPM has stimulated its Production in
India, Japan, Brazil, Mexico in an international do-ityourself
program whereby developing countries are shown
how to convert their own oilseed meals into domestic
versions of MPF.
“Meals for Millions has received 5 Freedoms
Foundation awards ‘for outstanding achievement in
bringing about a better understanding of the American way
of life.’”
Note: Founded in 1949, the Freedoms Foundation is a
national, non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational
organization. The Foundation is located on an 85-acre
campus adjacent to the Valley Forge National Historical
Park in Pennsylvania and sits on ground that was once part
of General Washington’s encampment.
“An Eating-Is-Believing Program. A People-to-People
Program. Malnutrition is preventable. Help prevent it with
’20th Century Loaves and Fishes.’ Soy-based MPF.
“MPF was developed at the California Institute of
Technology. A 2-oz ‘3¢ meal’ provides protein, vitamins,
minerals in amounts approximately equal to those in ¼pound
beef; a glass of milk; a dish of peas and a potato.”
“(Contributions deductible for income tax purposes).”
Address: 215 West 7th St., Los Angeles 14, California.
155. Soybean Digest.1961. Soybeans and the nutrition of
India. June. p. 32-34.
• Summary: “According to Dr. P.V. Suhhatme, director,
division of statistics, Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, about two-thirds of India’s population is
malnourished. According to the 1959 U.N. Statistical Year
Book, India was the worst fed nation of the 40 that supplied
statistics.”
Four tables show different aspects of Indian diets.
There is a shortage of milk in the Indian diet; milk is
considered a nearly perfect food. One of the newer foods
developed is Indian Multi-Purpose Food (MPF) which
consists of 75% specially processed groundnut flour and
25% Bengal gram flour, fortified with essential vitamins
and minerals. It was developed at the CFTRI along the lines
of American Multi-Purpose Food, which is based on
defatted soy flour. “Indian MPF is a low-cost supplement to
the poor-man’s diet.”
“The greatest handicap toward greater consumption of
soybean products in India is their lack of availability.
Soybean production in India is negligible.”