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out of debt, realizing that being low on money will not help
the cause and that I must move slowly enough to keep the
money fl owing in at least as fast as it fl ows out. So there is
some dampened enthusiasm for moving ahead too quickly in
exchange for what looks to me to be a solid, sensible path to
long term business and growth.
“Much of this success I owe to Henry Glasser, my
partner and long time friend of my father’s best friend. I sit
in this offi ce and consult with his wisdom, content to see
TAN Industries, Inc. continue in the black toward goals we
both share.”
Note: TAN Industries is listed in the 1997 Soya
Bluebook Plus (published Sept. 1996) on pages 185
(manufacturer of soymilk) and 285 (equipment supplier and
consulting).
Ted Nordquist now lives in California. His company,
TAN Industries, Inc., operates out of the offi ce of Henry
Glasser, an attorney in San Francisco. He was involved in
the development and formulation of Silk, a fresh soymilk
product launched by White Wave in Jan. 1996. He was
having this product made by ProSoya in British Columbia,
Canada, but now it is apparently being made somewhere
else–perhaps in Los Angeles. His main goal now is to
develop a soymilk product that will compete with Lactaid.
Address: TAN Industries, Inc., 351 California St., Suite
1330, San Francisco, California 94104; 660 Vischer Ct.,
Sonoma, CA 95476. Phone: 415-398-8007.
1131. Brody, Jane E. 1997. Diet may be one reason
complaints about menopause are rare in Asia. New York
Times. Aug. 27. p. B10. Health section (Natl).
• Summary: A table (from the scientifi c journal Obstetrics
and Gynecology) shows the content of phytoestrogens (in
milligrams) in various soyfoods: Roasted soybeans 165.2.
Textured vegetable protein 138.2. Green soybeans 135.4.
Soy fl our 112.4. Tempeh 62.5. Tofu 33.7. Tofu yogurt 16.4.
Soy hot dog 15.0. Soy noodles (dry) 8.5.
1132. Webster, Fred. 1997. International ProSoya Corp.
launches SoNice soymilk and yogurt in the USA (Interview).
SoyaScan Notes. Sept. 30. Conducted by William Shurtleff
of Soyfoods Center.
• Summary: Fred is the fi rst U.S. employee of International
ProSoya Corp., which is in the process of launching three
products: (1) SoNice soymilk, in aseptic cartons (1 liter,
and 250 ml x 3), in 6 fl avors (vanilla, chocolate, natural
{soybeans and water}, original {with added sweetener},
strawberry, and cappuccino); expected retail price is $1.99/
liter. (2) SoNice fresh soy beverage in gable-top cartons,
in 2 sizes (quart and half gallon); expected retail is $1.99
and $2.99 respectively. (3) SoNice soy yogurt, in 5 fl avors
(vanilla, strawberry, raspberry, black cherry, and fi eldberry),
refrigerated (45 day shelf life) in a 6 oz cup; expected retail
price is $0.99/cup.
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These products were fi rst introduced to the U.S. market
in late September 1997 at the Natural Products Expo in
Baltimore, Maryland–where they were preferred to all
competing products for their good fl avor. They are all made
in British Columbia, Canada, but packaged in New Jersey.
He will start shipping to U.S. distributors next week. The
two types of soymilk should be available in food stores in
mid-October and the soy yogurt in mid-November. In March
1997, International ProSoya Corp. opened a sales offi ce in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Address: International ProSoya
Corp., 106 Sunset Drive., New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938.
Phone: 212-862-5715.
1133. Broten, Lorne H.A. 1997. New developments at
International ProSoya Corp. (Interview). SoyaScan Notes.
Oct. 29. Conducted by William Shurtleff of Soyfoods Center.
• Summary: The company name has been changed. A new
company, International ProSoya Corporation (IPC), was
incorporated in the fall of 1996. An agreement was reached
for IPC to purchase all the shares of ProSoya, Inc. (PSI),
which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of IPC; the
deal has not yet been fi nalized. Pacifi c ProSoya Foods, Inc.
(the food manufacturing company in British Columbia)
has been merged into IPC. Sales of small-scale soymilk
equipment and equipment sales to the former Soviet Union
countries will generally be handled by PSI, but those who
wish to buy large systems must talk directly with Lorne and
buy the system from IPC. A company or person in the USA
can buy a small soymilk system (200 liters/hour or less) from
PSI, but they cannot buy a large soymilk system because
IPC is developing their own company in the USA based on
their patented soymilk technology–and they do not want
competition form their own soymilk systems.
International ProSoya Europe (a subsidiary of IPC,
created in Jan. 1997 and began operation in June 1997) is
now constructing a soymilk plant in the United Kingdom
(in Livingston, Scotland) as part of a joint venture. Dusty
Cunningham, who is a director of IPC, is there helping to get
the project started–but she is not the person in charge. The
factory is expected to begin making soy products in early
1998–an aseptic soymilk, a soy yogurt, soy ice creams, and
other food products based on the company’s soymilk. There
are a number of shareholders in the new joint venture, one of
whom is named McCorkle; the joint venture is not with an
existing European soy company.
In the future, IPC plans to focus on joint ventures
internationally (using IPC soymilk technology), and to place
much more emphasis on making and selling foods based on
soymilk than on selling equipment. Lorne thinks that two
more joint ventures will be fi nalized in 1998; the details
are confi dential at present. Part of the capital for all this
expansion comes from joint venture partners and PIC raises
part of it themselves; they are planning to do an initial public
offering (IPO) in 1998 as well–open to the public.