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Food company execs from Ghana, Sri Lanka using American soy to expand product lines
The CEO of food company based in Africa says he’s seeing the benefits of adding U.S. soy to his product line.
Samuel Ntim-Adu with Yedent Agro Group of Companies in Ghana tells Brownfield he uses soy protein for poultry and other animal feeds. “The U.S. soybean is one of the most quality soybeans. Once you get it in your products, it helps. The quality of it is superb and also the knowledge that comes about with it.”
Ntim-Adu recently visited a soy processing facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and says he wants to use soy to help raise the standard of living in his country. “We take that knowledge and develop products, take it to the market and see how human nutrition is improved for the improvement for the masses especially post COVID-19 where nutrition has become critical.”
Ntim-Adu says he learned about new tools and techniques that he’s taking back to his country. “We’re going to put some of this stuff to review some of our products that we have. We also are going to use the knowledge to come out with some new product development. We’re also going to tap into the technical skillset with people from this network.”
His company along with JanRich Foods in Sri Lanka are strategic partners with the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH).
Suranga Abeysekara with JanRich Foods says her businesses is looking to expand into pet foods and soy-based meat alternatives. “I have a few products in my mind that I want to experiment, but after coming here I have learned about many other products and now I need to select which one I want to use.”
The Nebraska Soybean Board hosted the groups this week at UNL and on a South-Central Nebraska soybean farm.
