Ninety eight percent of soybean meal is used for animal feed poultry, hogs and cattle mostly and only one percent is used to produce food for people. On the other hand, 88 percent of soybean oil is used for human consumption mostly cooking oil and 12 percent is used as an alternative to petroleum oil. According to the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee, soybeans are the number one source of plant-derived protein on the planet. The Chinese began cultivating soybeans over 3, years ago and there are many varieties grown all around the world today.
ZFS makes meal for animal feed and cooking oil - called Zoye - which is carried by many retail outlets including Spartan Stores and Meijer and is sold to restaurants and institutions by many food distributors. ZFS also exports soybeans to Japan for tofu, soy flour and miso. Some of the oil from ZFS is used to make biodiesel. B20 or 20 percent soy biodiesel and 80 percent diesel is commonly used by many diesel fleets. It requires no adjustments to diesel engines, produces less pollution, and reduces our need for non-renewable diesel fuel.
Soybeans can produce both food meal and fuel oil at the same time. Soymilk is lactose free and high in calcium and is sold in many outlets throughout the state. The high-protein fiber that which remains after processing has removed the oil is toasted and prepared into animal feed for poultry, pork, cattle, other farm animals and pets.
The poultry and swine industries are major consumers of soybean meal. Over half of the soybeans processed for livestock feed are fed to poultry, about one-quarter is fed to swine, and the rest is used for beef cattle, dairy cattle and pet food.
Soy protein is increasingly found in fish food, both for home aquariums and for the fish grown for eating. Most marine species were fed fish meal at one time, but the scarcity and increasing cost of fish meal has led producers to switch to high protein soymeal for a variety of marine species.
Around the world, soy protein may be found in feed for most animals. Biodiesel — biodiesel fuel for diesel engines can be produced from soybean oil by a simple process called transesterification.
This process removes the glycerine from the oil, leaving soy biodiesel. Soy biodiesel is cleaner burning than petroleum-based diesel oil. Its use reduces particulate emissions, and it is non-toxic, renewable and environmentally friendly. Biocomposites are building materials made from recycled newspaper and soybeans. They replace other products traditionally made from wood, such as furniture, flooring, and countertops. Particleboard, laminated plywood and finger-jointed lumber are made with soy-based wood adhesives.
Soy products are also found in many popular brands of home and commercial carpet, and in auto upholstery applications. Soy oil produces an environmentally friendly solvent that safely and rapidly removes oil from creeks, streams and shorelines without harming people, animals and the environment.
Soy is an ingredient in many industrial lubricants, solvents, cleaners and paints. They need high levels of quality protein and digestible energy to grow, all found in soybean meal. According to a study funded by the soy checkoff, the soybean meal fed in the U.
Countries buying soybeans from the U. For example, it feeds poultry in Columbia, pigs in the European Union, fish in Southeast Asia and much more, according to the U.
Soybean Export Council. Of course, people need high-quality protein, too. Soybeans deliver a vegetable protein option in many forms. Most of the time, foods incorporate soy after the beans have been crushed. Soybean meal provides protein in foods like protein bars, meat alternatives and soy milk.
The FDA has reviewed research that says 25 grams of soy protein a day, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
Food companies are permitted to use that claim on labels. Ever cook with vegetable oil? Soybean oil remains the most common vegetable oil in the U. In fact, A renewable resource, soybean uses range far beyond food and feed.
Soybean oil and meal can replace petroleum and other volatile ingredients in many industrial and consumer products. The primary example is biodiesel , a cleaner-burning, renewable alternative to petroleum diesel.
Biodiesel blended into diesel used in the U. Soybean oil accounts for about half the feedstock used to produce biodiesel.
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