Abstract
Zenith Internationals Strategic Review Reports highlight and focus upon niche and emerging beverage products. This Strategic Review of Soy Beverages focuses on technical soy applications in three main markets: West Europe, North America and Japan.
In the last five to ten years, soy beverages have been gaining popularity in markets outside of their primary origin in South East Asia. This is owing to greater appreciation of their potential health benefits, along with advances in technology that can mask or remove the off-flavours associated with soy products.
Key growth areas for soy beverages are currently emerging in North America and West Europe, giving manufacturers the opportunity to launch a range of products to captivate consumers. A rise in demand for functional beverages as a whole has allowed soy varieties to become widely known and accepted by many consumers.
This report provides an insight into the technical formulation of soy beverages including soy isoflavones, the role of soy in health and the potential applications of the ingredient in the beverage industry, set in the context of the Japanese, North American and West European markets. The report also covers the latest issues surrounding soy, including the worldwide debate on genetically modified organisms (GMO) and regional legislation relevant to the category.
Zenith Internationals report offers you the most reliable, concise information available on this rapidly growing yet complex area. Recent trends in markets, products and consumer demand are analysed in depth and are presented in a manner accessible to a range of individuals, from marketers to beverage technologists. Technical issues are particularly addressed.
Table of Contents
Section 1 -- Setting the scene
- Introduction 1
- About this Zenith Strategic Review 2
- Definition
- Scope of research
- Acknowledgements 3
Section 2 -- History and botany of the soybean
- History 4
- Botany 5
Section 3 -- Basic composition, processing, applications and nutritional quality
- Basic composition 6
- Processing
- Applications of soy in beverages 7
Section 4 -- Soy and health
- Nutritional quality of soy 10
- Health aspects of soy and their possible role in curing disease 11
- Soy protein and cardiovascular disease 12
- Soy protein and bone health 13
- Soy and cancer
- Soy, diabetes and obesity 14
- Soy and menopause
- Soy and allergy 15
- Soy and safety aspects
- Concluding section on soy and health 16
Section 5 -- Market trends
- Global analysis 17
- International analysis - Europe
- International analysis - North America 19
- International analysis - Japan 20
- Soy beverages by country, 1999-2004 21
Section 6 -- Soy Issues
- The GMO issue 22
- European GMO legislation 23
- US and Japanese GMO legislation 24
- International GMO legislation 25
- Soy SWOT analysis
Section 7 -- Legislation -- General
- Health Claims 27
- Allergens 28
Section 8 -- company/product profile summaries soy ingredients
- West Europe
- Acatris Belgium NV 29
- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM Europe BV)
- Cargill Health & Food Technologies 30
- Dler Group
- NutriPharma ASA
- Sojaland Company, The 31
- Solae Europe S.A.
- Solbar Industries Ltd 32
- Soya International Ltd
- Symrise GmbH & Co. KG
- North America
- Acatris Inc. 33
- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
- Cargill Health & Food Technologies
- Devansoy Inc. 34
- New Sun Nutrition
- Nutriant
- ProSoya Inc. 35
- Protient Inc.
- SunRich
- The Solae Company
- Japan
- Fujicco Co. Ltd 36
Section 9 -- Company/product profile summaries soy beverages
- West Europe
- Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH 37
- ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG
- Alinor S.p.A.
- Alpro NV 38
- Amecke Fruchtsaft GmbH & Co KG
- beckers bester GmbH & Co KG
- Boots Group plc 39
- Bruno Fischer GmbH
- Clesa S.A.
- Danone S.A.
- DE-VAU-GE Gesundkostwerk GmbH 40
- Eckes-granini International
- J. Garcia Carrion, S.A.
- Gesti Fuente Liviana SL. 41
- Glockengold Fruchtsaft GmbH
- Haldane Foods Group
- Juver Alimentaci, S.A.
- Laiterie Triballat-Noyal 42
- Lasco Europe Ltd
- Leche Pascual S.A.
- Lima Foods 43
- Liquats Vegetals S.A.
- Merziger Fruchtgetr舅ke GmbH
- Natumi GmbH Produkte & Ideen 44
- Nutrition et Soja
- NYS, S.A.
- Parmalat Portugal S.A. 45
- Plamil Foods Ltd
- Primefood S.A.
- So Good International Ltd 46
- Soya International Ltd
- The Sojaland Company 47
- TofuTown.com GmbH
- Tree of Life Ltd
- Valsoia SpA 48
- North America
- American Soy Products, Inc. 49
- Belsoy
- Cadbury Schweppes/Snapple Beverage Corportation
- Campbell Soup Company 50
- 8th Continent L.L.C.
- EAS, Inc.
- Fresco Juice Company 51
- Hain Celestial Group Inc, The
- Imagine Foods
- Jasper Products L.L.C. 52
- Kashi Company
- Leading Brands, Inc.
- Liberty Richter 53
- LifeForce Labs, L.C.C.
- Lifeway Foods, Inc.
- Loblaws Co. Ltd 54
- Naked Juice Company
- Natrel
- Naturade Inc. 55
- Nutrisoya Foods Inc.
- Odwalla Inc. 56
- Pacific Foods of Oregon Inc.
- PBM Products Inc. 57
- ProSoya Inc.
- PMO-Wildwood Inc.
- Sambazon Inc. 58
- Soyaworld Inc.
- Soylutions, Inc.
- Vitasoy USA Inc. 59
- WestSoy
- White Wave Foods Inc. 60
- WholeSoy & Co.
- Japan
- Asahi Soft Drinks Co. Ltd 61
- Calpis Co. Ltd
- Coca-Cola (Japan) Company Limited
- Fujicco Co. Ltd 62
- ITO EN Group
- Kibun Food Chemifa Co. Ltd 63
- Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd
- MARUSAN-AI Co., Ltd 64
- SSP. Co. Ltd
- Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd
- Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd
Section 10 -- conclusion
- Concluding remarks 65
Section 11 -- Appendix
- Glossary 66
- Abbreviations 74
- Useful Links
