history of soy yogurt, soy acidophilus milk and other ... - SoyInfo Center

equipment is imported from Takai in Japan.
Oct. Soycraft, a newsletter and America’s fi rst periodical
focusing on soyfoods, begins publication. Initiated by David
and Danette Briscoe of Lawrence, Kansas.
Nov. Redwood Natural Foods, Inc. in Santa Rosa,
California, launches the world’s fi rst vacuum packed tofu.
Redwood developed the packing process using tofu made by
Quong Hop & Co.
Nov. Paul Duchesne starts selling Brown Rice & Tofu
Sandwiches in Fairfax, California. His operation later
becomes Wildwood Natural Foods.
* The Heartsong Tofu Cookbook, by Bob and Toni
Heartsong self-published in Florida.
* Passage of the 200 mile offshore fi shing limit law
has a major impact on Japan’s protein supplies, increasing
interest in and use of soy protein products.
* By the end of 1977 there are at least 13 commercial
Caucasian-run tofu shops in America.
* The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO) establishes a European Cooperative Network
on Soybean in which 14 countries participate, exchanging
information on soybean production.
* Genentech becomes the fi rst company founded
specifi cally to apply recombinant DNA techniques for
commercial purposes.
* In China, under new post-Maoist economic policies,
soybean acreage starts to increase after almost 20 years of
decline based on grain-fi rst policies. Soybean production
began a slow increase in the mid-1960s, despite declining
acreage.
327. Goulart, Frances Sheridan. 1977. Soybeans. Vegetarian
Times No. 22. Nov/Dec. p. 50-51.
• Summary: A superfi cial overview. Discusses “boiled whole
beans, toasted whole beans, soybean butter, soymilk, notes
on soyfl our, soysauce, soy oil, tofu, soy yogurt, mock mocha
java (soy coffee).”
328. Swan Food Corp. 1977-1978. Introducing the
Soybeanery–Natural food deli & bakery: Now open. Miami,
Florida. 3 p. Undated. 28 cm. Catalog and price list.
HISTORY OF SOY YOGURT & CULTURED SOYMILK 142
© Copyright Soyinfo Center 2012
• Summary: This retail catalog lists the company’s soy
products, iced herbal beverages, and baked goods & pastries–
with prices. Serving take out orders–Soy products include:
Sandwiches (made with wholewheat pita–pocket bread; all
sandwiches served with fresh organic salad vegetables):
Tofu–baked, regular, marinated, or caraway: $1.40. Eggless
egg salad: $1.40. Tofu cream cheese: $1.05. Salads: House
salad with sprouts plus tofu–baked, regular, marinated,
or caraway: $1.35. Eggless egg salad: $1.35. Hot food:
Soyburger sandwich: $1.30. Desserts (per slice): Mary’s tofu
cheese cake: $0.75. Mary’s marble swirl cake: $0.75. Mary’s
devil’s food cream cake: $0.75. Mary’s carob cream cake:
$0.75. Rice pudding [made with organic brown rice, soy
melk, raisins, maple syrup, sea salt]: $1.10. Carob pudding:
$1.10. Vanilla pudding: $1.10. Soyogurt: Strawberry,
peach, plain (more fl avours to come): $0.45. Granola: With
soyogurt: $0.45. With soymelk & banana: $0.75. Drinks: Soy
shake (carob, vanilla, strawberry). Soymelk. Non-soy: Herb
teas. Coconut juice. Pinacolada. Smoothie (apple-banana).
Sweet rice cookie. Oatmeal cookie. Hummus sandwich.
A page titled “Retail price list” lists many of the
products shown above but at slightly higher prices. In
addition: Tofu–regular: $1.00. Tofu–baked: $1.95. Tofu–
marinated: $1.60. Tofu–caraway: $1.60. Soymilk [plain]:
Quart: $1.00. Pint: $0.45. Soymilk (sweetened): Quart:
$1.25. Pint: $0.45. Tofu cakes and pies (all 7-inch rounds):
Tofu pie–cashew: $4.50 Mary’s devil food cream cake:
$4.50. Tofu chip dip: $1.25. Whole grain soyburgers: $1.15.
Tofu vegetable stew: $1.15. Soyogurt–plain or with fruit:
$0.45. Soy shakes–Carob: $0.85. Vanilla: $0.95. Strawberry:
$1.05. Mary’s eggless egg salad: $1.40. Also–Nori roll.
Nectarel ginseng.
Note 1. This is the earliest English-language document
seen (Dec. 2003) that contains the term “soy shake.”
Note 2. This is the earliest English-language document
seen (May 2003) that uses the word “Hummus” (or
“Hummous”), which is a paste of pureed chickpeas usually
mixed with sesame tahini and/or sesame oil (plus seasonings
or spices) and eaten as a dip or sandwich spread.
Note 3. This is the earliest English-language document
seen (Sept. 2012) that uses the word “Soyogurt” to refer to