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manufacturers in Europe, ranked in descending order <strong>of</strong> size:<br />
1. Alpro/V<strong>and</strong>emoortele, Belgium. Capacity: 35 million<br />
liters/year. Present output: 25 million liters/year. Growth:<br />
Believe so, but don’t know how much.<br />
2. DE-VAU-GE (DVG), West Germany. Capacity:<br />
20 million liters/year. They are running their plant at full<br />
capacity, but as Adventists I think they don’t work on Friday<br />
afternoon or Saturday, they close down during the summer,<br />
<strong>and</strong> they send one road tanker <strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> each week to<br />
Granose in Engl<strong>and</strong>, where it is made into <strong>soy</strong> <strong>yogurt</strong>. So<br />
they probably end up making about 12 million liters a year<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> in long life packs. Soon some <strong>of</strong> their <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong><br />
will be made into t<strong>of</strong>u. Growth: Would if they could, but they<br />
can’t with the line they have, which they bought from DTD/<br />
STS for DM 4 million. DVG is making an excellent pr<strong>of</strong>i t on<br />
their <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> products, that’s for sure. This is in part because<br />
they have the Neuform chain at their disposal.<br />
3. Cacoja, France. Capacity: 11 million liters/year.<br />
Believed to be running at full capacity. Growth: Planning<br />
a new line but no decision yet as far as I know. I think that<br />
Cacoja produces more than 1 million liters/year. They visited<br />
DTD/STS a year ago to discuss a second line. The fi rst<br />
one had a capacity <strong>of</strong> 2,000 liters/hour or approximately 5<br />
million liters/year.<br />
4. Soya Health Foods Ltd., Manchester, Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
(Sunrise Soya Milk). Capacity estimated at 8 million liters/<br />
year. Actual production not known.<br />
5. Soyana, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>. Capacity <strong>and</strong> production not<br />
known. Soyana has consistently refused to allow us to visit<br />
them. Even our Indian client who wanted to discuss purchase<br />
<strong>of</strong> their Dahi dessert recipe was given the cold shoulder. I<br />
think that they have their own <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> plant, but I’m not<br />
sure. Why shouldn’t they, when they have plenty <strong>of</strong> products<br />
in Swiss shops.<br />
6. Galactina, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>. Capacity estimated at 6<br />
million liters/year. Most is used for products <strong>other</strong> than liquid<br />
<strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>. They sell limited amounts <strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>, defi nitely<br />
less than 1 million liters/year packed in Tetra Brik Aseptic at<br />
the Thun Dairy in Switzerl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
7. Schoeller in Nuremberg, West Germany. Capacity not<br />
known. Soy<strong>milk</strong> used in ice cream production. There are also<br />
<strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> producers in Italy [Crivellaro], <strong>and</strong> Spain [Proti].<br />
“Total size <strong>of</strong> European <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> market in 1989<br />
estimated at 50 million liters. Some is in the form <strong>of</strong> dairy<br />
analog products. Alpro <strong>and</strong> DE-VAU-GE have about 70% <strong>of</strong><br />
the market, including bulk distributed product. Growth rate<br />
over the past few years 10–15%.<br />
“General observations <strong>of</strong> the European <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> industry<br />
<strong>and</strong> market: The dairy industry in France was the fi rst to go<br />
into <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> to <strong>of</strong>fer alternatives to consumers who prefer<br />
‘non-dairy dairy type products’. The <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>-based ice<br />
cream <strong>of</strong> West Germany’s Schoeller may start a trend for the<br />
rest <strong>of</strong> the European ice cream industry. There has been no<br />
equivalent to the U.S. T<strong>of</strong>utti boom in Europe so far. Major<br />
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liquid food companies do not at present see <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> as a<br />
signifi cant product for Europe but follow the trends <strong>and</strong> do<br />
some development, just in case.<br />
“The future? It is necessary to make a distinction<br />
between Eastern <strong>and</strong> Western Europe. Western Europe<br />
has a surplus food production in general <strong>and</strong> surplus dairy<br />
<strong>milk</strong> production in particular. The health aspect alone, i.e.<br />
<strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> without improved palatability, will not signifi cantly<br />
increase <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> sales in Western Europe. The removal <strong>of</strong><br />
dairy production subsidies in the EEC in the years to come,<br />
especially after 1992, may give an incentive to the big names<br />
in the food industry to develop <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> into mainstream<br />
market products. There is EEC legislation on imitation<br />
dairy products <strong>and</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> is mentioned as an example, but<br />
currently different member countries use their own laws.<br />
“Many Eastern European countries have food shortages<br />
but lack money <strong>and</strong> entrepreneurship to venture into an<br />
unknown product like <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> on their own. Furthermore,<br />
in these diffi cult markets, western companies with <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong><br />
technology do not seem to fi nd it worth the effort to fi rst<br />
educate on the advantages <strong>and</strong> uses <strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> <strong>and</strong> then to<br />
promote <strong>and</strong> arrange fi nancing before they can hope to sell<br />
a <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> processing plant. The new Eastern Europe with<br />
market economies now evolving gives hope for the future in<br />
general, but I couldn’t make any guesses about <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>.<br />
“It is the aim <strong>of</strong> EEC to dismantle the agricultural<br />
subsidies. This will effect dairy production <strong>and</strong> new cheaper<br />
protein sources will be sought by the food industry. Soy<strong>milk</strong><br />
defi nitely has a chance <strong>of</strong> ‘growing up’ when this happens.<br />
“STS-Soya Technology Systems Limited no longer<br />
exists. It was the decision <strong>of</strong> APV’s CEO to close it down as<br />
an independent company when the big APV reorganization<br />
took place. When we moved to Denmark we became DTD-<br />
Soya Technology Division. Now Danish Turnkey Dairies<br />
has itself become a division <strong>of</strong> the APV Pasilac Ltd <strong>and</strong> the<br />
<strong>of</strong>fi cial name is DTD-APV Pasilac Ltd (the result <strong>of</strong> mergers<br />
<strong>and</strong> takeovers!). Asger Somer Hansen now h<strong>and</strong>les <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong><br />
activities within the APV group <strong>and</strong> works in DTD-APV<br />
Pasilac Ltd.<br />
“John Wilson still works at Alfa-Laval in Lund as far<br />
as I know–at least he did 2 years ago. Alfa-Laval also has<br />
an<strong>other</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> person, a young woman.<br />
Note: Lindner, the managing director <strong>of</strong> Soya<br />
Technology Systems from May 1982 until Nov. 1989, has a<br />
good grasp <strong>of</strong> the world <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong> market. Address: P.O. Box<br />
19002, S-250 09 Helsingborg, Sweden. Phone: 42-92776.<br />
870. Krohn, Joni. 1990. St<strong>and</strong>ard Industrial Classifi cation<br />
(SIC) Codes: SIC classifi cation ended in about 1984; SITC<br />
(St<strong>and</strong>ard International Trade Classifi cation) is now in use<br />
(Interview). SoyaScan Notes. April 5. Conducted by William<br />
Shurtleff <strong>of</strong> Soyfoods <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
• Summary: The St<strong>and</strong>ard Industrial Classifi cation Manual<br />
is published by the Offi ce <strong>of</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Budget