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165. Soybean Digest.1962. CROP [Christian Rural Overseas
Program] ships protein foods. Nov. p. 16.
• Summary: Foods with a high protein content are being
requested by church relief agencies in areas of great hunger.
CROP has made arrangements for shipments of one such
food, MPF (Multi-Purpose Food) from the General Mills
plant at Belmond, Iowa. “CROP is the food collecting
agency for many American churches.”
A photo shows a large sign (“Iowa CROP Food for
Indonesia”) with sacks of food piled on a platform and four
men in the foreground.
166. Chambers, John A. 1962. Soya as a foodstuff. Arkady
Review (Manchester, England) 39(3):39-41.
• Summary: Discusses briefly soy oil, defatted soya flour,
American Multi-Purpose Food (50% protein, 1% fat, 31%
carbohydrate), soy sauce, tempeh, and tofu. Address:
Research Chemist, British Arkady Co. Ltd., Skerton Rd.,
Old Trafford, Manchester 16, England.
167. Product Name: Soy-Fortified Whole-Wheat Bread.
Manufacturer’s Name: Harrison Foods.
Manufacturer’s Address: Acccra, Ghana.
Date of Introduction: 1962.
New Product–Documentation: Interview with Dr. D.W.
Harrison. 1982. Note 1. This is the earliest known
commercial soy product made in Ghana. Note 2. This is the
earliest known commercial soy product made by Dr. D.W.
Harrison in Africa.
168. Meals for Millions. 1962. People to people (Color
motion picture). Los Angeles, California: Meals for Millions
16 mm. Summarized in Soybean Digest, June 1962, p. 28. *
• Summary: According to Soybean Digest: “After a year of
film making in Africa, India, Korea, Hong Kong,
Hollywood and Pasadena, the Meals for Millions 16-mm
motion picture in color, ‘People to People,’ has been
completed. Narration is by film star Eddie Albert and the
theme song by Peggie Lee.
“The film tells the history and scope of the Meals for
Millions program in feeding hungry people with the 3¢
meal, MPF. The film presents in person sequences showing
Dr. Albert Schweitzer at his African hospital at Lambarene,
and the late Dr. Tom Dooley relating his experience in Laos
with Multi-Purpose Food.
“Available without fee to any group choosing a Meals
for Millions project or for $10 rental including surface mail
delivery. For further information write Soybean Digest 6c,
Hudson, Iowa.”
Note: Also shows Clifford Clinton, Dr. Henry Borsook,
Florence Rose. As of March 1984 the film is still available
from Meals for Millions. Address: Los Angeles, California.
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169. Hafner, Fred H. 1962. Problems involved in increasing
world-wide use of soybean products as foods in the Near
East and India. In: USDA Northern Regional Research
Laboratory, ed. 1962. Proceedings of Conference on
Soybean Products for Protein in Human Foods. Peoria, IL:
USDA NRRL. iii + 242 p. See p. 195-99.
• Summary: Contents: The problem. Problems at our end.
Selection of foods a problem. Indigenous foods. Shortsightedness.
Problems abroad. Suggested solutions.
“Ten years ago, Spain used very little soybean oil.
Spain has large olive groves and olive oil is ‘king’ there.
The mere suggestion that Spain export its olive oil and
purchase soybean oil from the U.S. seemed ridiculous to
those who knew the eating habits of the Spanish people.
Now, 10 years later, Spain is our largest off-shore buyer of
soybean oil; Spanish people are using and, in many cases,
preferring soybean oil as a food oil; and Spanish olive oil is
being exported at a price considerably above its replacement
cost as soybean oil. As a result, Spain has a net export
income that is much greater than if they continued to utilize
their olive oil production in Spain.” Address: Director of
Edible Protein Products, Specialty Products Div., General
Mills, Inc., 9200 Wayzata Blvd., Minneapolis 26,
Minnesota.
170. Sebrell, W.H., Jr. 1962. World aspects of protein
malnutrition. In: USDA Northern Regional Research
Laboratory, ed. 1962. Proceedings of Conference on
Soybean Products for Protein in Human Foods. Peoria, IL:
USDA NRRL. iii + 242 p. See p. 5-14.
• Summary: “There seems to be little doubt that protein
malnutrition is the most widespread form of deficiency
disease in the world today. Although nutritional anemia,
goitre, and various vitamin deficiencies continue to be
major problems for certain segments of the population, from
a world viewpoint, protein malnutrition far exceeds these in
importance.
“There is increasing evidence that protein malnutrition
accounts for a major part of the deaths of children between
weaning and school age in many parts of the world. This
situation has been recognized only in recent years because
the effects of the deficiency have been complicated and
hidden by the occurrence of infectious diseases. Scrimshaw
has recently pointed out that it is necessary to consider not
only the effect of nutrition on infections but also the effect
of infections on nutrition... Thus the child may die either
from the malnutrition or from the effects of the infection,
although the basic problem is in each case protein
malnutrition.”
“This situation is further complicated by the rapidly
increasing world population which is already posing a
problem of increasing the food supply to keep up with the
population growth... It is, of course, essential that caloric
needs receive first consideration... However of greater