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Soybean Protein - Food of the Future?
I Thi Crooks Had A Word For It: Protein $ |
The Greek word "protein," which mean* "first or pri
mary," i* an "in" word todnv. It'd important to all of us
because protein id part of every cell in our bodies. And,
aa with calcium, protein must bo ingested daily because
it can't be stored in the body.
Like school, there arc all (trades of protein. But high
quality protein comes only from animal sources and con
tains amino acids which can't be manufactured or synthe
sized in a test tube. Meats, dairy products, poultry and
fish arc basic sources of this high quality protein.
In our editorial opinion, protein is a thin sounding
word and should be colored blue High protein diets are
more than a fad in the United States today, they’re a
way of-eating life. But how can we maintain our proper
protein level in the current inflationary period with the
threat of "protein shortage" resounding around the
world 1 ’
The best way is to rely on the Basic 4 Food Group to
supply protein necessary for your family's health. Use
bread crumbs and wheat germ to stretch ground meats
into meat loaf, cottage and mozzarella cheese can supply
the missing protein if'you put less meat in the lasagna
Cheese can extend your food budget by replacing ounce
for ounce some of the meat you’re not eating
Cheese and tomatoes will fill in for the missing meat in
a spaghetti sauce Milk and eggs can put protein power
back into your French-toasted, low-on-meat sandwich. Or
extend servings by adding peas, mushrooms, pimiento
and white or cheese sauce to chicken-a-la-king or a tuna
casserole
Another tasty way to get your daily protein is to drink
it .Two-thirds of a glass of milk provides the same
amount of protein as an ounce of meat, poultry or fish If
you prefer, you can add milk, the natural food, with no
trimming, peeling or waste, to cereals, canned soups or
main dishes
With pennies buying less, it makes good sense to shop,
comparatively for protein the same way you do for any
other product When you do, you’ll find that with the
exception of vinegar, milk is the lowest priced consumable
liquid food of the 8,000 products found in your supermar
ket Remember, the cast and players of the Basic 4 Food
Scenario are the same Only the protein roles have been
changed to protect your food budget The last word,
Greek or otherwise, is protein
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The soybean—a poor but
deserving immigrant from
Asia—has hit it big in the
New World.
The origins of the soybean
are oriental, and more than
4,000 years ago it was one of
the five sacred grains of
China. But until recently,
many U.S. farmers con
sidered the' soybean little
more than a cover crop, to be
planted and then plowed
under to restore the soil.
In the last 10 jrears, things
have changed. Today the
soybean has achieved real
status—everyone in the
world seems to want
soybeans, and if you were
fortunate enough to have
2,000 bushels of them last
June, you would have
grossed $24,000.
Harvested acreage in the
United States has more than
doubled since 1960, and the
soybean is now the farmer’s
leading cash crop.
Feed into food. The reason
for this meteoric rise to fame
gf the humble soybean is
basic. The expansion of
flocks and herds of sheep
and cattle throughout th£
world in recent years has
been great. The need for high
protein animal feed—for
which soybeans are a prime
source—has risen ac
cordingly. As worldwide
demand for animal protein
grows, a continuing strain
will be placed on the
resources necessary to
produce this essential
nutrient.
One offshoot has been
closer scrutiny of the
soybean as more than just an
animal feed. Researchers
are finding that the protein
packed bean has much to
recommend it as a human
food in its own right.
Economists at USDA’s
Economic Research Service
(ERS) now estimate that
about 85 percent of all
soybean meal used
domestically is fed to
livestock. Most of the rest is
either exported or used for
industrial purposes, with
less than 1 percent going into
human food. The utilization
of the beans we export is not
too different: Almost all the
meal is still used for animal
feed.
However, predictions are
that more and more meal
will be used in food products.
In fact, food specialists point
to soy protein-based foods as
one of the most promising
areas of nutritional
research.
PAUL BOYER,
Manager
Protein packed. Soybeans
contain about 38 percent
crude protein, contrasted
with 18 percent in beef or
fish. They have three times
as much protein as eggs or
whole wheat flour and 11
times as much as whole
fresh milk. The dry bean
contains about 80 percent
meal and 22 percent oil, with
a high percent of un
saturated fatty adds.
Despite its impressive
nutritional value, however, it
wasn’t until the mid-1960’s
that serious consideration
was given to the soybean as
food. Thanks to recent
research, soybean
derivatives are now made
into a large number of at
tractive food items. Soybean
products can be added to
meats to extend them, or can
be made into meat sub
stitutes called analogs. They
can also be made to
resemble a wide variety of
other foods, from diced,
dehydrated bell peppers to
mayonnaise to nut-like
snacks.
From soybean to steak.
How does a soybean become
a steak look-alike?
First, the soybeans are
ground into a flour that is
about 50 percent protein.
Further processing filters
out hard-to-digest car
bohydrates and produces soy
isolate, a powder that is
more than 90 percent
protein.
This isolate is mixed with
an alkaline liquid to form a
solution which is fed under
pressure to “spinning”
machines in a process
similar to the method used to
spin rayon and nylon.
The solution is forced
through a die containing
some 15,000 tiny holes, each
about four-thousandths of an
inch in diameter. The jets, as
they are pushed through the
die, stream into an acid
solution that congeals them
into separate, pale gold
threads of protein: tasteless,
odorless, closely resembling
taffy in texture, and high in
protein.
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