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natural food stores. The starter was also sold separately with
the leafl et. During 1978 Farm Foods promoted its tempeh
starter and tempeh kit by serving grilled tempeh at numerous
natural foods trade shows. A large sidebar in the February
1978 issue of Organic Gardening magazine listing Farm
Foods as the best source of tempeh starter and split beans,
followed by letters of referral from Rodale Press thereafter,
stimulated sales. Also in 1978 Hagler edited a revised edition
of the Farm Vegetarian Cookbook; it contained 12 pages on
tempeh, including many recipes. In 1982 Farm Foods began
actively advertising and selling bulk, powdered tempeh
starter to America’s growing number of tempeh shops, and
by 1984 they had captured a majority of the market. Prior
to 1979 tempeh had been available on The Farm only on
special occasions. In that year, however, a Tempeh Trailer,
developed in Louisiana by John and Charlotte Gabriel, was
brought to The Farm. The tempeh incubator was moved out
of the Canning and Freezing building and made into a walkin
incubation room in the trailer. John Pielascyzk became
head tempeh maker, and thereafter any Farm member could
go at almost any time to the Farm store, open the freezer,
and take home tempeh. In 1981 Margaret Nofziger, Farm
nutritionist, wrote an article on ‘Tempeh and Soy Yogurt,’
with fi ve tempeh recipes, for Vegetarian Times.
“In late 1983 and early 1984 The Farm underwent a
major fi nancial restructuring. Farm Foods became fi nancially
independent from The Farm and in May 1984 the Tempeh
Lab (under the directorship of Cynthia Bates) became
independent of Farm Foods. Both became ‘for-profi t’
companies. In March 1984 The Farm published Tempeh
Cookery, America’s fourth popular book about tempeh and
the fi rst with full-page color photos (Pride 1984). To promote
this book (and tempeh), in June 1984 Farm Foods and its
sister company, The Book Publishing Company, served
samples of deep-fried tempeh and several tofu dishes to
20,000 attendees of the American Booksellers Association
Convention in Washington, D.C. Farm Foods was also
planning to have one or more large tempeh companies
(perhaps one on each coast of the USA) make private
labeled tempeh, which would then be sold nationwide
through the company’s extensive soymilk ice cream (Ice
Bean) distribution channels. Farm Foods could then also
use the tempeh, the starter, and the book to promote each
other.” Continued. Address: Soyfoods Center, P.O. Box 234,
Lafayette, California 94549.
564. Vaidehi, M.P.; Vijayalakshmi, D.; Annapurna, M.L.
1985. Consumer evaluation of tofu, tempeh, curd, and “Meal
Maker” in urban areas. Indian J. of Nutrition and Dietetics
22(6):190-93. June. [15 ref]
• Summary: Rural Indian consumers (mostly housewives,
predominantly of middle and low income) preferred tempeh
and tofu curries to Meal-Maker (textured soy fl our) in
appearance, fl avor, aroma, and after taste, while urban
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consumers preferred Meal-Maker curry, followed by tempeh
and tofu curries. Soy curd (like yogurt) was least preferred
by both rural and urban consumers. Address: Univ. of
Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India.
565. Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japan Economics Newspaper).
1985. Daizu kara chiizu. Tônyû katameru kôso seisei
[Cheese made from soybeans. New enzyme coagulates
soymilk]. July 26. [Jap]
Address: Japan.
566. Grocer (The) (England). 1985. Sunrise hopes soya
yogurt will follow milk success. July 27. p. 18.
• Summary: “Six months ago, Michael Cole, a strict
vegetarian for most of his life, formed the Soya Health Foods
company and opened the fi rst soya milk factory of its kind in
this country at Trafford Park, Manchester. In that time sales
of his Sunrise no-added-sugar UHT soya milk have risen
from 46,000 litres a week to 250,000.
“Recently he signed a two-year own-label contract for
sweetened soya milk with Lancashire Dairies, and is now
supplying Co-operative Retail Services, and supermarket
chains.
Cole has now launched three more soya products
under his brand: (1) Sunrise Soya yogurt in four fl avors–
strawberry, peach melba, black cherry and raspberry. Cole
says there have never previously been any soya milk yogurts
available in the UK or Ireland; (2) Sunrise Ice Dream (soya
milk ice cream) in two fl avors–hazelnut and vanilla. “This
is a natural ice product, free from dairy produce, lactose and
cholesterol and containing only sugar made from fruit.”; and
Sunrise Vegetarian Burgers, each weighing ¼ pound; they
are high in proteins and fi bres. A photo shows his company’s
four products, including 2 fl avors of soy yogurt. Cole says
there are three large markets for soya products in the UK:
(1) The slimmers, dietary and allergy foods market; (2) the
natural food market; and (3) the Kosher market. Address:
Manchester, England.
567. Product Name: [Egyptian soymilk and dairy milk
cheese].
Manufacturer’s Name: Egyptian American Dairy Products
Establishment (Albasoy).
Manufacturer’s Address: Lot 15, Block 6, Industrial Area
#1, 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt. Phone: 711-816.
Date of Introduction: 1985. July.
New Product–Documentation: Talk with (call from)
Aladin Hassan. 1984. June 27. He is a food technologist. He
recently purchased a Takai system and he is in the process of
setting up a $750,000 soymilk plant in a new city in Egypt.
He is contracting for 1,000 acres of 3 varieties of soybeans
in Sudan. In 1983 Egypt grew 120,000 acres of soybeans,
which is projected to increase to 140,000 in 1984.
Talk with (call from) Aladin Hassan. 1985. June 22.