Sound Bites - Soya Research

Sound Bites stocks many products which contain soya. We always ensure that our soya products are GM free. We also will not sell soya grown on rainforest land that has been cleared for this purpose.

To help us stick to these principles, we were lucky enough to have a research project carried out by Jane Whittaker, who investigated the sources of the soya in all the products stocked by Sound Bites. On the whole Jane's findings were very positive. We discovered for example that 'Taifun', a German company who make tofu and tofu sausages, were not only growing their soya in Europe, but were endeavouring to locate their farms close to their factories in order to reduce food miles.

Jane did find one company, Haldane foods, whose 'sos mix' Sound Bites stocked, and whose activities seemed not to be in keeping with our ethical policy. Haldane foods are a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland, a multinational producer who have been accused by Greenpeace of sourcing soya from Amazon rainforest land. Sound Bites replaced this product with "sosmix" and "burgermix" made by a Veggies Catering Campaign" in Nottingham.

A full copy of Jane's research can be downloaded here.

Jane's research was done in 2007. In 2009 Alpro/Provamel were bought by an American Dairy giant, so we are encouraging customers to try alternatives, such as Plamil, Sojasun or Sunrise. For up to date information on soya milk have a look at The Ethical Consumer's Best Buy Chart.

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