THE PLANT

Soya (Glycine maxima) is an annually-flowering plant belonging to the family of leguminous plants or pulses (peas, beans, etc.). Note that the soya beans we use in our products are not to be confused with sprouts of the mungo bean (Phaseolus mungo), which are green and mistakenly referred to as soya bean sprouts.

Soya originated in Asia, where it has been consumed by humans for around three thousand years in the form of traditional products like tonyu and tofu. It started to be cultivated in the Americas in the early 20th century (the USA, Brazil, Argentina, etc.) and in Europe more recently.

Over 200 million tons of soya are produced each year worldwide and over 2 billion people use soya in their daily diet. Soya can lay claim to being humanity’s foremost global food and western countries have been discovering the nutritional and dietary virtues of this plant for the last 20 years.

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