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669. Product Name: [Soyeux Silken Yogurt-like Dessert
(Vanilla, Chocolate, Hazelnuts, Orange, Redberries, Pear,
Strawberry, and Peach-Apricot)].
Foreign Name: Soyeux (Vanille, Chocolat, Noisettes,
Orange, Fruits des Bois, Poire, Fraise, Pêche-Abricot).
Manufacturer’s Name: Société Soy.
Manufacturer’s Address: 1 rue du Crêt de la Perdrix,
42400 Saint-Chamond, France. Phone: 77.31.24.42.
Date of Introduction: 1987. January.
Ingredients: Vanilla: Water, soybeans* (20%), red cane
sugar, natural vanilla aroma, carrageenan (natural extract
of marine algae for thickening), sea salt, plant extracts. No
sugar added. * = Organically grown.
Wt/Vol., Packaging, Price: 150 gm plastic cup, 2 per pack.
How Stored: Refrigerated, 30 day shelf life at 4ºC.
Nutrition: Vanilla: Per 100 gm: Calories 80 (335 kJ),
protein 4.0 gm, lipids/fats 2.6 gm, sodium 12 mg.
New Product–Documentation: Soyfoods (ESFA), 1987.
Jan. “Launched at SIAL (Oct. 1986). A new dessert, 100%
vegetal, based on soybean milk, contains no coloring nor
chemical preservatives. Presentation: Fresh product, to be
kept refrigerated and sold within 21 days. The net weight is
150 gm, and the cups are sold in 2-cup packs. Two fl avors
will be proposed at the beginning: Vanilla and chocolate.
Other fl avors such as nuts or chocolate will be presented later
on. Soyeux will be sold in health food shops.”
Color French-language brochure. 1988, undated.
Soyeux: The fresh soya dessert without sugar. Fructose is
added to some fl avors. It is made with soymilk and gelled
with carrageenan. Address is now: Société Soy, 1 rue du
Crêt de la Perdrix, 42400 Saint Chamond, France. Phone:
77.31.23.66. Telex: 307072. Talk with Raymond Delcuratolo.
1989. Feb. 5. This is a yogurt-like dessert. Letter from
Bernard Storup. 1989. March 3. All fl avors were introduced
in 1987. Vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, orange, and redberries
in Jan., (orange and redberries were discontinued in July
1987), peach, strawberry, and peach/apricot (without added
sugar) in Sept.
Labels for Vanilla, Hazelnuts, and Pear. 1989. 2.5 inch
diameter foil lids and printed cups. Vanilla lid is white and
blue on beige. “No cholesterol.” The ingredients for pear
are: water, soybeans * 21%, fruit concentrate, pear (pulp and
morsels) 10%, corn starch, thickener, carrageenan, natural
aroma, sea salt. Per 100 gm: 76 calories, 25 mg sodium.
Letter from Bernard Storup with new Labels. 1995.
Sept. 8. He encloses labels for Soyeux in four fl avors
(Vanilla, Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Apricot) and notes that
this product is based on an old product, put on the market
again in June 1995. In French, Soyeux means “silken” or
“having the consistency of silk.”
670. Appropriate Foods, Inc. 1987. Eat Appropriately!
[Catalog and price list]. 292 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn, NY
11207.
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• Summary: The following lines are carried and distributed:
Appropriate Foods, New York Soy Deli, The Soy
Source, Emperor’s Best, Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods,
Grainaissance (amazake and mochi), Infi nity Foods
(amazake puddings), Integrity Baking Co., Jofu, Maine Coast
Sea Vegetables, Malka’s Foods (Blueberry Tofu Pie), Miso
Master, Nasoya Foods, New England Country Dairy, Ray’s
Seitan Wheat Meat, Soya Kaas, Stonyfi eld Farms (Yogurt),
Sunshine Burgers. Address: Brooklyn, New York.