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The size <strong>of</strong> the natural foods cheese alternatives market<br />

in the USA is about $15 million/year at wholesale <strong>and</strong> $25<br />

million/year at retail; this is the equivalent <strong>of</strong> about 5 million<br />

lb/year. The category has grown at a remarkable rate–about<br />

20% a year for the past 3-5 years. Address: Soyfoods <strong>Center</strong>,<br />

P.O. Box 234, Lafayette, California 94549. Phone: 510-283-<br />

2991.<br />

1013. T<strong>of</strong>utti Br<strong>and</strong>s Inc. 1994. T<strong>of</strong>utti. 1993 annual report.<br />

50 Jackson Dr., Cranford, NJ 07016. 18 p. 28 cm.<br />

• Summary: The company’s pr<strong>of</strong>i tability <strong>and</strong> working<br />

capital increased for the second consecutive year. Sales in<br />

1993 (year ended 1 Jan. 1994) were $4.114 million, up from<br />

$4.034 million the year before. Net income before taxes was<br />

$78,000 compared with $56,000 the year before.<br />

During 1993 the company introduced a unique lowfat,<br />

non-dairy frozen dessert named “Better Than Yogurt.”<br />

Featuring an active non-dairy <strong>acidophilus</strong> culture, it is<br />

a replacement for the company’s Lite Lite line, <strong>and</strong> it<br />

complements the company’s T<strong>of</strong>utti Supreme <strong>and</strong> its T<strong>of</strong>u<br />

Frutti (fat free <strong>and</strong> sweetened with fruit juice). Each <strong>of</strong> the<br />

company’s current products are described on page 3. On 1<br />

May 1991 the company <strong>and</strong> its former commission agent,<br />

NEMP Corporation, settled a lawsuit which was commended<br />

in 1989. The company has agreed to pay NEMP $2,000 per<br />

month for a period <strong>of</strong> 10 years.<br />

As <strong>of</strong> 15 March 1994 there were approximately 1,281<br />

known holders <strong>of</strong> the company’s stock. Address: Cranford,<br />

New Jersey. Phone: 201-272-2400.<br />

1014. Elliott, Tom. 1994. Update on The Farm Soy Dairy<br />

(Interview). SoyaScan Notes. May 1.<br />

• Summary: Tom, who has lived on The Farm for almost 20<br />

years, <strong>and</strong> his wife Barbara, purchased this company in July<br />

1991 from Michael Lee. Michael was going to simply close<br />

the company <strong>and</strong> he had let it run down. Tom’s background<br />

is in the excavating business <strong>and</strong> his wife is a nurse. He<br />

has not introduced any new products since he bought the<br />

company, but he did change the company name to FarmSoy<br />

Company. The company’s main product is pasteurized t<strong>of</strong>u;<br />

they produce 1,500 to 1,600 lb once a week. They also<br />

make a little <strong>soy</strong> <strong>yogurt</strong>, <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>, <strong>and</strong> tempeh, which is sold<br />

mostly to people living on The Farm. The company has 2<br />

adult employees <strong>and</strong> has a positive cash fl ow.<br />

People on The Farm no longer all get together like they<br />

used to when it was run communally. Stephen no longer to<br />

talks like he used to.<br />

Update on the change <strong>of</strong> company name: Talk with Tom.<br />

1998. July 8. Tom <strong>and</strong> Barbara incorporated their company<br />

on 2 March 1994 in the state <strong>of</strong> Tennessee. At that time they<br />

changed the company name to FarmSoy Company from The<br />

Farm Soy Dairy. Tom <strong>and</strong> Barbara are the only shareholders<br />

in the corporation. Address: 156 Drakes Lane (P.O. Box 96),<br />

Summertown, Tennessee 38483. Phone: 615-964-2411.<br />

HISTORY OF SOY YOGURT & CULTURED SOYMILK 382<br />

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1015. Product Name: [Set Soy Yogurt].<br />

Manufacturer’s Name: Instituto de Investigaciones Para la<br />

Industria Alimenticia (IIIA–Food Industry Research Institute<br />

(FIRI)).<br />

Manufacturer’s Address: Carretera al Guatao KM 3.5, La<br />

Lisa, Ciudad de Habana, Cuba.<br />

Date <strong>of</strong> Introduction: 1994. May.<br />

Ingredients: Water, whole <strong>soy</strong>beans, lactic culture.<br />

New Product–Documentation: Garcia Uriarte, Alvaro;<br />

Ortega, Alberto. 1996. “Recent <strong>history</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong>foods in Cuba.”<br />

Part III (Interview). SoyaScan Notes. Jan. 9. Conducted by<br />

William Shurtleff <strong>of</strong> Soyfoods <strong>Center</strong>. Finally in May 1994<br />

the fi rst <strong>soy</strong> <strong>yogurt</strong> for the people Cuba came <strong>of</strong>f the line.<br />

Everyone tasted it <strong>and</strong> rejoiced. Viva la revolucion!<br />

1016. Melina, Vesanto; Davis, Brenda; Harrison, Victoria.<br />

1994. Becoming vegetarian: A complete guide to adopting a<br />

healthy vegetarian diet. Toronto, Canada: Macmillan Canada.<br />

x + 262 p. Foreword by Louise Lambert-Lagacé. Index. 26<br />

cm. [20 ref]<br />

• Summary: An excellent vegan sourcebook <strong>and</strong> cookbook<br />

by three registered dietitians. For the Contents <strong>and</strong> details,<br />

see the 1995 revised American edition.<br />

Talk with Vesanto Melina. 1996. July 22. This book<br />

has presently sold about 25,000 copies in Canada alone.<br />

A revised U.S. edition was published in Nov. 1995 by The<br />

Book Publishing Co. in Summertown, Tennessee. Address:<br />

Canada.<br />

1017. INTSOY Newsletter (Urbana, Illinois). 1994. INTSOY<br />

assists Egypt in establishing model <strong>soy</strong> foods processing<br />

pilot plant. No. 45. p. 2. June.<br />

• Summary: INTSOY <strong>and</strong> the Food Technology Research<br />

Institute (FTRI, established in 1991) at the Agricultural<br />

Research <strong>Center</strong> (ARC) have opened a model processing<br />

pilot plant in Giza, Egypt. FTRI has a staff <strong>of</strong> about 150<br />

researchers. A photo shows Wilmot Wijeratne <strong>of</strong> INTSOY<br />

training Egyptian scientists in the dry processing room,<br />

which contains an Insta-Pro extruder <strong>and</strong> ancillary equipment<br />

needed to grind <strong>soy</strong>bean meal into fl our for baking. The<br />

adjacent wet processing area contains complete systems for<br />

the production <strong>of</strong> <strong>soy</strong><strong>milk</strong>, t<strong>of</strong>u, <strong>and</strong> dairylike products such<br />

as <strong>soy</strong> ice cream <strong>and</strong> <strong>soy</strong> <strong>yogurt</strong>. It is hoped that the facility<br />

will serve as a model for stimulating local entrepreneurs to<br />

use <strong>soy</strong>beans in commercial food products.<br />

1018. Buller, Allan. 1994. Madison Foods archives, <strong>and</strong><br />

recollections <strong>of</strong> Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Interview).<br />

SoyaScan Notes. July 14. Conducted by William Shurtleff <strong>of</strong><br />

Soyfoods <strong>Center</strong>.<br />

• Summary: As far as Allan knows, few or no archival<br />

records from Madison Foods presently exist at Worthington<br />

Foods. He has never heard <strong>of</strong> a product named Savory Meat

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