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in a new market. Their quality is similar to Ontario,
though the seed coat color is somewhat darker. There are
about 50 tofu makers in Hong Kong, 10 larger size and 40
smaller size, although there is not a large difference in size.
Consumers believe that packaged tofu is not as fresh as that
purchased fresh daily from local markets.
Amoy Food Ltd. (Dr. Alain Butler; This plant makes
soy sauce and other sauces used in cooking. They use only
Canadian soybeans, the Maple Glen variety from Quebec).
Wed., March 22. The group visited Hung Tao Soya Bean
Products Pty., a traditional Hong Kong tofu and soybean
sprout plant in the New Territories.
Thursday, March 23–Malaysia. Canadian High
Commission. Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Berhad (Contains
excellent details on the company). Chop Lee Kit Heng Sdn.
Bhd. (A soybean trader selling to end users in Malaysia).
Friday, March 24–Singapore. Canadian High
Commission. Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd. (Singapore). Meeting with
nine tofu manufacturers in Singapore. (The name of each
company is given. There are 40 tofu makers in Singapore,
and the majority now use Canadian soybeans. Tofu growth
in the last 5 years has been very rapid and competition is
fi erce). Asia Corporation Pte. Ltd. (This company accounts
for about 70% of the soybeans imported into Singapore and
Malaysia. They fi rst brought Canadian soybeans into the area
in 1978). Canadec Private Ltd. Sing Yeap Trading Pte. Ltd.
Saturday, March 25–Unicurd Food Company Pte. Ltd.
(Mr. Goh gave a tour of his facility and discussed his plans
for a new plant in late 1995). Yam Thye & Co. (Warehouse).
Encore Ltd.: Sylvia B. Hollenstein, managing director.
This company, based in Switzerland, uses Swiss technology
to produce soy yogurts, chocolates, and noodles in
Switzerland from Chinese soybeans–mostly for the taste.
The products are shipped from Switzerland to the company’s
3 retail stores in East Asia; they plan to expand to 10 retail
stores by the end of 1995.
Appendixes A through J, issued as a separate document,
contain extensive and detailed information and some
published documents related to the technical mission.
Address: P.O. Box 1199, Chatham, ONT N7M 5L8, Canada.
Phone: 519-352-7730.
1051. Product Name: [Tofrutti Soy Yogurt (Apricot)].
Foreign Name: Tofrutti Sojajoghurt (Aprikose).
Manufacturer’s Name: Sojarella, Hess und Drosihn GbR.
Manufacturer’s Address: Willi Graf Str. 88, 53881
Euskirchen-Kuchenheim, Germany. Phone: 02251-56076
OF.
Date of Introduction: 1995. March.
Ingredients: Water, *soybeans, *fruit, whole raw sugar.
Contains no gelling or thickening agents. With living
yogurt cultures. * = Organically grown (aus kontrolliert
biologischem Anbau).
Wt/Vol., Packaging, Price: 250 gm.
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How Stored: Refrigerated (4-6ºC).
New Product–Documentation: Label brought by Bernd
Drosihn of Viana. 1995. March 11. Label is 3.25 by 2.25
inches. Black and white on apricot pink. Sojarella logo.
1052. Rose, Richard. 1995. Sharon’s Finest is moving
towards hemp products (Interview). SoyaScan Notes. April 3.
Conducted by William Shurtleff of Soyfoods Center.
• Summary: Richard fi rst introduced the idea of using
hempseed protein in natural food products in America. His
is still the only company making such products, and demand
for them is growing rapidly. “Our business is moving toward
hemp.” He recently published a brochure titled “Hemp
Food,” that explains the many benefi ts of growing hemp.
Many people still do not realize that hemp is not the same as