Introducing LAC ”Your supplier of choice for food grade soybeans”

Similar Growing Conditions

• Higher protein and lower oil content

• Large seeded and uniform size

• Clear hilum and yellow cotyledon

• Thin yellow seed coat• Beany flavour

Varieties: Vinton S03W4 S20G7 OAC Kent OAC Thamesville SWS 008

Food traits of TOFU varieties

Food traits of soymilk varieties

• Medium protein• White/brown hilum• High sugar• Beany flavour • Uniform size• Street soya taste

Canadian varieties: S03W4 OAC Wallace SWS 008 S18 R6

• High sugar• Clear hilum• Good water uptake• Medium protein• Uniform size • Bright seed coat• Yellow cotyledon

Varieties SQWH S18R6 S03W4 OAC Kent OAC Thamesville

Food traits of MISO varieties

Plant Breeding

Syngenta Research Farm

LAC President and soybean breeder

Contract Growers of IP soybeans

Agris Coops Research Plots

Growers’ Information Meetings

Why is Quality Important?

Briefing by our tour guide

Lint and hair check before entry

Decontamination chamber

Soaking tank

Close up

Tofu production line

Tofu packing machine

Crates of tofu ready for delivery

Aburaage (fried tofu) line

Aburaage packing line

Testing of new varieties

New Varieties are tested on product quality of soymilk and tofu

Product quality in terms of yield, protein solids, color, hardness & firmness of tofu using two different coagulants

Soymilk is separated from the slurry in a centrifugal extractor and tested for viscosity, sugars, and mouthfeel

Soymilk is heated, coagulant added and tofu is cooled in a waterbath

Testing of quality traits for color of soymilk and tofu

Tofu texture measurement

Instron texture system tests for firmness and hardness that relates to bite and mouthfeel

Maximum value reached before the tofu gel breaks measures the hardness of the tofu

Screening for protein Subunits and 11s/7s ratio

Selections from LAC

38.0%

40.0%

42.0%

44.0%

46.0%

48.0%

50.0%

Food Grade Soybean Protein Levels

18.0%

19.0%

20.0%

21.0%

22.0%

23.0%

Food Grade Soybean Oil Levels

9.0%

9.5%

10.0%

10.5%

11.0%

11.5%

12.0%

12.5%

13.0%

13.5%

Food Grade Soybean Free Sugar Levels

Cleaning Plant with Japanese Equipment

LAC Soybean Processing Plant

Farm deliveries to our facilities

QA staff taking samples

Protein, oil, moisture and GMO tests

Check protein and oil

Silo locations of IP soybeans

Silos for IP soybeans

Segregated dumping pits

“Oliver” de-stoner

Japanese equipment

Japanese-made “Harada” roller belt

Japanese-made “Satake” color sorter

“Satake” electric-eye sorter

“PacePacker” automatic bagger

Loading bulk containers

Close-up of bulk loading

Bulk containers enroute to Japan

Container QA Sample

Containers enroute to customers

Trucks are probed And soybeans are

tested

TrucksQA Sample

Self cleaningReceivingConveyor

DesignatedVariety Silo

Self CleaningConveyor

LegCleaner Surge BinCleaner

QA SampleGravity

QA SampleDestoner Surge

Bin

DestonerQA Sample

Plate Magnet

Self CleaningGentle Handling

Leg

Satake ColourSorter

QA Sample

Satake ColourSorter

Surge Bin

Harada BeltsQA Sample

Harada Surge BinSelf Cleaning

Gentle HandlingLeg

Automatic QASampler

Self CleaningProcessing Belt

Grate MagnetRare Earth

Processing Bin

Pace Packer BaggerAnd Gate MagnetTote Bag Loading

Bulk Load OutQA Sample

LAC Thamesville Quality Control Flow Chart

Container QA Sample