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if There’s Tofu in the Products” by Trish Hall published in
The Wall Street Journal. Second major exposé on so-called
“tofu ice creams” (such as Tofutti and Gloria Vanderbilt
Glace), which contain only a token amount of tofu, as a
marketing gimmick.
March 13-14. The theme of the Feb. 27 Wall Street
Journal article picked up by the NBC evening news and the
Today Show. Very positive coverage for tofu. Gary Barat of
Legume, David Mintz of Tofu Time, and Gloria Vanderbilt
each speak about tofu.
March 22. The Book of Tempeh, extensively revised
second edition by Shurtleff and Aoyagi, published by Harper
& Row. New bibliography (374 entries), history chapter, and
list of tempeh producers.
March 26. Soyfoods Association’s Tofu Standards (7th
draft) presented to eight senior offi cials at the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, in Washington, DC, by Tom Timmins (Head of
SAA Standards Committee), Gary Barat (President of SAA),
Steve McNamara and Tom Donegan (SAA Food & Drug
attorneys). The FDA group hears an hour long presentation
on tofu, the standards, and the Soyfoods Association of
America.
March. Soyarella (later renamed Soy Mozzarella),
a tofu-based cheese, is introduced. It becomes an instant
hit. Distributed by Neshaminy Valley Natural Foods of
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, it is labeled as “nondairy,”
yet it melts, and it tastes like cheese. Shrouded in
secrecy, its manufacturer is unknown and the ingredients
are questionable. It is sold in large blocks and labeled at
individual stores.
March. American Soybean Assoc. launches a campaign
among its members to write USAID and encourage them to
cancel support for U.S. programs (such as INTSOY) aiding
soybean production in Third World nations. The campaign is
successful.
April 1. INTSOY signs a new cooperative agreement
with USAID. Their work will henceforth focus on soybean
utilization. The shift toward utilization began in 1983 and
all work on soybean production and varietal development
stopped in Aug. 1986.
April. Tempe: An Annotated Bibliography, compiled by
Siagian and Sofi a in Indonesia. Containing 273 references,
it is the fi rst bibliography to introduce the extensive
Indonesian-language research on tempeh, the majority of
which has been published since 1980.
April 15-16. International Symposium on Tempeh held
in Jakarta, sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
113 people attend.
April. Central Soya buys Griffi th Laboratories’ line of
protein products.
May 31. Barricini Foods acquires Farm Foods, which
then becomes a trade name for Barricini’s natural/health
foods line of non-dairy frozen desserts, including the
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pioneering product, Ice Bean, and Barricini Tofulite.
May. Morinaga, one of Japan’s largest dairy companies,
establishes Morinaga Nutritional Foods, Inc., a subsidiary
with offi ces in Los Angeles, to focus on promoting their
long-life tofu in America.
May. At the 6th Annual Natural Foods Merchandiser
Merchandising Awards, soyfoods do well. Miso Mustard by
American Natural Foods and Malteds by Westbrae win gold
medals. Ah Soy by Great Eastern Sun wins a silver.
May. Soft Tofu Cheese, a non-dairy cream cheese
cultured in miso, launched by Simply Natural, Inc.
June. Tofu Topper launched by Worthington Foods.
June. Ralston Purina publishes its 1985 Consumer
Attitudes Monitor. Soy Protein in Foods, based on a
nationwide survey of 628 adults. Indicates positive attitudes
toward soy protein and soyfoods.
July 19. Shamrock Capital, a private company headed
by Roy Disney, buys Central Soya, a publicly owned
corporation. Agreement to buy was announced April 2.
July. Soy Supreme, spray-dried tofu powder, launched
by Oberg Foods Div. of St. Peter Creamery.
July. Asian Symposium on Non-Salted Soybean
Fermentation held at Tsukuba, Japan.
July 31. Tofu Time’s sales of Tofutti increased more
than sevenfold last year to $17,114,886 as compared with
$2,361,391 for the previous year. Net income increased
nearly 100-fold to $2,006,451.
July. New Gallup survey on vegetarianism of 1,033
Americans shows that millions are eating less meat and
tens of millions agree with the move away from meat. 72%
disagree with what used to be the standard notion: “The
vegetarian diet is just a fad that will pass.” A majority (52%)
believe that “no one really needs to eat meat more than once
or twice a week.”
Aug. The DE-VAU-GE soymilk plant in West Germany
starts production. Built by STS, with 4,000 liters/hour of
soymilk capacity, they make Granose and GranoVita brands
of soymilk.
Aug. Lightlife Meatless Tofu Pups (hot dogs)
introduced by Tempehworks / Lightlife Foods of Greenfi eld,
Massachusetts. The product sold nearly $250,000 in the next
10 months.
Sept. Soyfoods Center introduces SOYA, a
computerized bibliographic database on soybean utilization,
history, nutrition, processing, marketing, and production.
Contains 18,500 references from 1100 B.C. to the present.
Sept. 30. Fearn Natural Foods in Illinois sold by Louis
Richard to Modern Products, Inc. in Milwaukee.
Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. Tropical Soybean Workshop held at
the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Ibadan, Nigeria. Proceedings are published in 1987 as
Soybeans for the Tropics. Also this year IITA established a
soybean utilization unit.
Sept. Tofulicious, a tofu-based non-dairy ice cream