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that sales of the Silk brand grew 74.7% during the past year
(June 1998 to Jun 1999). During that time, 70% of White
Wave’s income came from the natural foods marketplace.
The company predicts that this will drop to 50-60% during
fi scal year 2000 as Silk moves into the mass market.
White Wave’s two plants in Boulder, Colorado, now
have about 43,000 square feet in two locations; the company
plans to increase that by 15,000 square feet or 34%. The
existing facilities were designed to produce about 12 million
units of product a year, but are now producing about 15
million.
A color photo shows Steve Demos smiling as a pours a
glass of Silk brand soymilk. Note: Talk with Bob Gerner of
Berkeley Natural Grocer. 1999. Oct. 18. White Wave often
shorts Bob on his orders of Silk; he almost never gets as
much as he orders.
1201. Product Name: SoyTreat (Non-Dairy Kefi r–Probiotic
Cultured Soy Milk): [Peach, Caramel, Rum Raisin, Coffee
Latte, Coconut, Dutch Apple, or English Toffee].
Manufacturer’s Name: Lifeway Foods Inc.
Manufacturer’s Address: 6431 W. Oakton St., Morton
Grove, IL 60503. Phone: 847-967-1010.
Date of Introduction: 1999. November.
Ingredients: Soymilk, kefi r cultures.
Wt/Vol., Packaging, Price: 1 quart (32 oz) plastic bottle.
How Stored: Refrigerated.
New Product–Documentation: Gorski, Donna. 1998.
Dairy Foods. Feb. p. 45. “Kefi r and colostrum beverage.”
Lifeway Foods is a small Chicago-age dairy specializing in
the manufacture of kefi r.”
Lifeway news release. 1999. Aug. 4. Lifeway’s “new
Soy Kefi r, to be marketed as SoyTreat, has received wide
acceptance since its debut at the Fancy Food Show held in
New York City during July, 1999.” “Lifeway is America’s
leading supplier of the cultured probiotic dairy beverage
known as kefi r.”
Portfolio from Natural Products Expo East (Baltimore,
Maryland). 1999. Oct. 26. This is America’s (and
probably the world’s) fi rst commercial soy kefi r. On the
cover of the portfolio is the attractive front panel label of
the Peach Kefi r. It contains seven active kefi r cultures:
Streptococcus lactis, Streptococcus cremoris, Streptococcus
diacetylactis, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei,
Saccharomyces fragilis, Leuconostoc cremoris. Inside is a
leafl et (color photocopy) showing the bottle and describing
the product.
Talk with Julie Smolyanski, Director of Sales and
Marketing at Lifeway. The product will fi rst be available
to consumers in stores in the Chicago area late November,
1999. Lifeway is America’s leading supplier of kefi r; this
is their area of expertise. When they fi rst made soy kefi r,
they found it was thicker than they expected, probably
because soymilk has more solids than dairy milk. So
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they had to adjust the solids content of the soymilk. Now
typical American consumers fi nd the soy kefi r to be “really
delicious.” Most do not realize it is made from soy; they say
it’s like some kind of smoothie beverage. Kefi r and other
cultured dairy products are much more widely consumed in
Europe than in America. The average American consumes
4 cups of cultured dairy products (mostly yogurt) per year,
whereas the average European consumes 28 cups per month!
So 84 times as much! The dairy case in most European food
stores is much bigger (roughly fi ve times as big) as it is in
American stores.
1202. Sanitarium Health Food Company. 1999. Sanitarium
(Portfolio). Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia. 27 inserts. 30
cm.
• Summary: This is simply a collection of colorful
documents (each in full color) without a portfolio cover,
sent with a cover letter by Melissa Harris, Nutritionist.
The documents include: (1) Eight nutrition fact sheets.
Subjects include wholegrains, fi bre, heart health, etc. (2)
Seven product sell-sheets, incl. SoyHealthy, So Good Now,
Soyaccino, etc. (3) Three small recipe booklets. (4) 10 tips
for healthy eating for the family. (5) Now there’s an easy
way to lower your cholesterol. (6) Six food cards with
recipes. (7) Two booklets in “A taste for health” series. (8)
List of available publications and videos.
(9) Sanitarium product range–Australia: Cereals (19
products, incl. Soy Tasty, Weet-Bix Hi Bran Soy & Linseed,
Up & Go). Beverages (6 products, all based on So Good,
incl. yoghurts and ice cream). Meals (19 products, incl. 5
types of Soy Healthy Frozen, 9 types of Soy Healthy Chilled,
Soya Beans in Tomato Sauce, Sanitarium Soya Mince/TVP,
BBQ Soya Sausages). Spreads (4 products incl. Marmite
and many types of peanut butter). Specialty Foods (incl.
many nuts & seeds, dried fruits, legumes, pulses & seeds,
fruit snacks, and juices). (10) Leafl et (1999; color, front and
back) titled “Soya beans, good health & you.” Contents:
Introduction. What are phytoestrogens. Protecting hearts.
Combatting cancer. Managing menopause. Promoting
healthy bones. Soy foods for children. Putting the good news
into practice. Address: 1 Sanitarium Drive, Berkeley Vale,
NSW 2261, Australia. Phone: (02) 4348 7777.
1203. Hagler, Louise. 1999. Meatless burgers: Over 50 quick
and easy recipes for America’s favorite food. Summertown,
Tennessee: Book Publishing Co. 94 p. Illust. Index. 23 cm.
• Summary: A vegetarian cookbook. Contents: Introduction.
Glossary of ingredients. Bean & grain burgers. Soyfood
burgers: Tofu, tempeh, textured soy protein & soybeans.
Vegetable burgers. Burgers with an ethnic fl air.
Accompaniments. Buns. Side dishes. Nondairy shakes.
Address: Summertown, Tennessee.
1204. SoyaScan Notes. 1999. Hot soy-related topics in 1999