Indian Soy Food Scenario

Current Situation
• Continued growth on soy foods and soy food
categories
– Consumption is estimated to be about 700 TMT
• Increased awareness in the quality of products
• New category products are being introduced
• Increased recognition from Government
organizations
• More soy going into feeding programs
• Promotions at Modern Retail outlets
 Recognition from Government
organizations

• GoI waived excise duty on TVP

• Four states waived VAT on soy products
• Ministry of agriculture, SFPWA and SOPA
organized “The Brain Storming Session
Conducted on soybean growth &
Sustainability in India”

Recommendations from Brain

Storming Session
• Introduction of soy foods category in the Govt. Gazette
– Currently there is no recognition of soy foods in the GoI schedule,
which makes these products to be considered as other foods. This
attracts high taxes and duties.
• Bringing standards for soy food products
– Suitable legislations and/or to propose amendment in existing law
affecting the Soy Food Trade and Industry
• Working with Department of Food Processing Industries,
GOI to get
– Support for setting up soy food businesses
– Support for EDPs and soy food training
– Support for upgrading soy food industries such as value added
products such as defatted soy flour, soy protein concentrates,
isolates etc
 More Recommendations
• Getting Health claim from GOI through Ministry of Health
• Efforts to distribute Soy grits/flour/Dal analogue through PDS
• Fortification wheat flour (10%) and besan (15%) with defatted
soy flour may be recommended
• Concerted efforts from all the stakeholders in conducting
seminars, exhibitions and other promotional activities
• Promotion of soybean utilization by KVK officers at the farmers
level
• Promotion of benefits of soy on the lines of Pulse Polio
Immunization work by health ministry through print and
electronic media
• Support Industry Association in promotion campaign to spread
health benefits of soy food
• Keep taxes on soy product at par with basic food like wheat,
rice, pulses, vegetables, milk, meat, egg

Products Categories
Indian Traditional products
Soy Drink & Tofu
Wheat soy flour
Fortified gram flour
Soy Papad
Soy-based traditional snacks
Lentil analogue
Whole soybeans

Non-traditional products
TVP (Nuggets, Granules..)
Bakery products
Extruded Snacks
Soy Fortified noodles
Breakfast cereals

Soy Nuts
Defatted soy flour
Protein Supplements
 Dal Analogue

It is a nutritious, high protein

processed food made from
defatted soy flour, wheat and red
gram
Contains about 30 percent soy
Highly economical
Cooking characteristics as any
dals
Easy to cook
Currently two manufacturers

Breakfast cereals
• Extrusion cooking of soy flour with cereals
will make an excellent pre-cooked breakfast
cereal;
• Can be made as an alternate to traditional
dalia
• Very popular in western countries;
• Introduced in 2004 in India;
• currently more than six products are
available.
• At least six manufacturers are working.
 Expeller Processing

• Expeller soy processing has

been introduced
• Low fat soy flour
– Chemical free oil
– Premium products
– Low investment (about 15-20
lacs)
– Ideal for organic soy products
production

Soy Protein Products

• Protein Supplements
– Infant and child nutrition, General Health Supplements

• Disease Specific Supplements

– Clinical Nutrition, Heart Health, Women Health

• Performance Nutrition Products

– Weight management, Sports and performance nutrition

• Food Products
– Milk Alternatives, Bakery Products, Food Bars
 New Products
• Extruded snacks

• Soymilk powder

• Fruit juice based beverages

• Isolate-based beverages

• Soy Chips

Promoting at Chakkis

• Cities – Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow,

Allahabad, Dehradun, Haldwani

• 140 outlets (Chakkies and Shops), where

soy grits are made available

• Also promoting other products at these

locations
– Tofu
– Soy flour
– Soymilk
– Nuggets
 Mass Feeding Programs
• ICDS programs
• Mid-day meal programs
• Defense sector
• Residential Schools
• Successfully convinced Navodaya residential schools
(~500) to include soy foods
– More than 100 schools already included soy foods
– Two schools set up soymilk units, more to follow

NGO running feeding programs

• ISKCON feeds more than 500,000
Children every day
• Recently conducted trails on
including dal analogue in the menu
• Nandi foundation feeds more than
250000 children daily
• Naandi and Mediciti currently
conducting trials on introducing soy
in the menu
• Parikrma Foundation recently
introduced soy in the school menu
 Defense Sector
• One of the biggest GOI
organizations;

• 1 million servicemen and 2 million

Ex-Servicemen;

• ASA-IM convinced to include soy in

the canteens;

• ASA-IM convinced defense officials

the potential for soy as means of
employment generation;

• Defense sector started one soy food

training center.

Programs and Activities

• Demonstrations

• Seminars

• Exhibitions

• Contact Sessions

• Soy Food Festivals

 Soybean (SBE) off-take

300 700
250 600
500
200
400
TMT

150
300
100
200
50 100
- -
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Year

Flour Soymilk Nuts TVP

Whole beans Bakery Protein suppl. Total
 Potential for off-take for Soybean as
Human Food
450 1,200
400
1,000
350
300 800
250
TMT

TMT
600
200
150 400
100
200
50
- -
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year

Flour Soymilk Nuts TVP Whole beans

Bakery Protein suppl. Dal Analogue Total

Soy Food 10/10

Year Lakh MT
2007 7.24
2008 8.23
2009 9.56
2010 10.89
 Soy Food Industries
Product Number
Nuggets and Granules 150
Soymilk and Tofu >250
Soy Nuts 80
Nutraceuticals >50
Bakery products >20
Noodles 10
Papads 6
Bars 3
Breakfast cereals 6