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Kibun in Japan, is going to make 120-130,000 Tetra Brik
cartons (each 200 cc). Also other dairy milk makers (Sojû
and Sangan) are going to have some sort of equipment to
start making soymilk. Also, I head that Tôa Shokuhin (K.K.),
a pharmaceutical company, is planning a joint venture with
Meiji in Japan to make soymilk.
Also, Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. is planning to use
Marusan’s (Japan) technology to make soymilk. They are
constructing a plant to start to making soymilk in Feb.
1983.–The population of Korea is about 40 million and the
GNP 24,000 million won (unit of currency) a year; it is the
largest in Asia. But it is a tough war for market share among
these fi ne companies.
Soymilk in Taiwan (p. 57-61): People who were born
in Taiwan [the former Japanese colony of Formosa (1895-
1945)] have Japanese food habits and don’t like soymilk as
much as the Chinese. Also, Taiwanese young people don’t
like soymilk much. In mainland China people only drink
water that has been boiled and cooled–just as they do with
tea. The same with soymilk. They boil soymilk in a fl at
pan (hira-nabe) for 20-30 minutes before selling it. The
buyers don’t buy it without seeing that it has been properly
boiled. If you cook soymilk in a fl at pan for a long time,
you can eliminate much of the beany smell and fl avor, the
antidigestion substances, and harmful bacteria. They don’t
care about a little burned fl avor, bitterness, or beany fl avor.
But this is ancient wisdom. There they continue to drink
soymilk up to this day and it is still very popular. It is said
that the annual sale of soymilk in Taiwan is about 5,000
million yen.
In China, sellers of ice candy (like ice Popsicles) call
out loudly kaishui bingo. Kaishui means boiled and cooled
water. Bingo means Popsicle.
In the Philippines, about 10 years ago, the University of
the Philippines developed soymilk and a blend of soymilk
and coconut milk for American children. It was test marketed
among the students and teachers of elementary schools,
junior and senior high schools, and universities. It was
acceptable only to comparatively well educated people. A
200 ml bottle (about 7 ounces) sold for 15 cents, making it
more expensive than most other drinks. The taste was plain
but the bean smell was not completely removed. In October
1982 Dr. William G. Padorina and other economically
infl uential people came to Japan at the request of President
Ferdinand Marcos and studied Marusan’s soymilk plant.
They are planning a Food Development Symposium in Feb.
1983 and they would like to have nutritious soy products
that contain coconut oil (they account for 70% of the world’s
production). They have asked Marusan to cooperate in the
effort.
In Denmark, a company named Starna [Nutana?]
makes various soyfoods such as textured soy fl our (daizu
nikku), defatted soymilk, and soymilk. They are selling these
products in Denmark and neighboring countries. The Book of
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Tofu by Shurtleff and Aoyagi is mentioned on pages 46 and
117.
Okazaki Marusan makes a soy yogurt named Tôgurt /
Tôguruto in Japanese. The character tô, which means bean,
is also the fi rst character in the word tôfu (p. 71). Address:
Technical consultant, Okazaki Marusan, Japan.
486. Product Name: Deli Items: Soy Yogurt, Dream Bars,
Frosty Bean (Soft Serve Soy Ice Cream), Toasted Tofu.
Manufacturer’s Name: Bountiful Bean Plant.
Manufacturer’s Address: 903 Williamson St., Madison,
WI 53703.
Date of Introduction: 1982.
How Stored: Frozen.
New Product–Documentation: James Lubbe. 1988. March.
Abbreviated History of the Bountiful Bean. They also sold
miso and rice nori rolls as deli items. In October 1983,
they closed the deli, and started to pay more attention to
marketing.
487. Deka, D.D. 1982. Studies on the formulation of lassi
(cultured drink) from soybean and buttermilk. MSc thesis,
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. *
• Summary: For a summary, see the author’s 1984 article in
Egyptian Journal of Dairy Science. Address: Kurukshetra,
India.
488. Product Name: Soymilk Yoghurt. Renamed Soyoghurt
by 1986.
Manufacturer’s Name: Earth Angel Soyfoods.
Manufacturer’s Address: 53 Stanley Ave., Mt. Waverley
(E. Oakleigh), VIC 3149, Australia. Phone: 544-8020.
Date of Introduction: 1982.
Ingredients: Soymilk made from organic soybeans, yogurt
culture.
Wt/Vol., Packaging, Price: 500 gm.
How Stored: Refrigerated.
New Product–Documentation: Label. 1982. 4.25 by 3
inches. Paper. Blue on white. “Store below 5º.” Reprinted in
Soyfoods Marketing. Lafayette, CA: Soyfoods Center.
Australian Dairy Foods. 1986. Feb. p. 84. The product,
now named Earth Angel Soyoghurt, is sold in a small plastic