Soy Foods

There is more to soy foods than tofu and edamame. Today, soy foods can be found in restaurants and supermarkets throughout the United States. In fact, you probably have a few soy foods in your cupboard right now. Soy ingredients are used in everything from protein shakes to baking flour. The soybean checkoff funds research both to improve the nutrition profile of soy protein and oil and to educate consumers and the food industry about the benefits of soy.

The food industry uses about half of all U.S. soybean oil in consumer food products like baked goods, cooking oils, salad dressings, snack foods and more. Commonly sold as vegetable oil, soy is the No. 1 source for cooking oil. To meet the needs of the food industry, the checkoff supports research to expand the production and use of soybean oil for human consumption.