{"id":17950,"date":"2016-11-17T17:29:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T01:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=17950"},"modified":"2016-11-17T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T01:29:26","slug":"soya-milk-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/soya-milk-100-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Soya Milk 100+ Years Ago In Paris France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Sharing items in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/our-etymological-past\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Ernest Bell Library<\/a> &#8211; a\u00a0British article from 1913 &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-french-communities\/\"  target=\"_blank\">once again<\/a> the French were ahead of the game. There was an industrial scale French factory producing soya milk \/ tofu \/ other soya products &#8211; from 1908\/9.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>&#8230;&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caseo-Sojaine_%E2%80%93_Paris_%E2%80%93_France\"><\/span>Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne &#8211; Paris &#8211; France<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Caseo-Card.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Caseo-Card.jpg\" alt=\"caseo-card\" width=\"580\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Caseo-Card.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Caseo-Card-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_salespersons_calling_card_%E2%80%93_circa_1910\"><\/span>A salesperson&#8217;s calling card &#8211; circa 1910<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Shizeng\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wiki<\/a> &#8211; In 1908 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Shizeng\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Li Yuying<\/a>\u00a0AKA\u00a0Li Shizeng\u00a0opened a soy factory, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cas%C3%A9o-Soja%C3%AFne\" title=\"Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Usine de la Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne<\/a>, which was the world&#8217;s first soy dairy and the first factory in France to manufacture and sell <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tofu\" title=\"Tofu\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">doufu<\/a><\/i> (beancurd).<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plant, housed in a brick building at 46\u201348 Rue Denis Papin in the suburb of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Garenne-Colombes\" title=\"La Garenne-Colombes\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">La Garenne-Colombes<\/a> a few miles to the north of Paris, produced a variety of soy products. There was little market for bean-curd jam, soy coffee and chocolate, eggs, or bean-curd cheese (in Gruyere, Roquefort or Camembert flavors), but soy flour and biscuits sold well.\u00a0The company offered free meals to Chinese students, who gathered also to discuss and debate revolutionary strategy. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sun_Yat-sen\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Sun Yat-sen<\/a> visited the factory in 1909, and wrote: &#8220;My friend Li Shizeng has conducted research on soybeans and advocates eating soybean foods instead of meat.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cas%C3%A9o-Soja%C3%AFne\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wiki <\/a>&#8211; His goal was the industrial production of soy milk to sustainably feed poorer parts of the world (mainly his home country China). The workers consisted mainly of Chinese who took part in a program studying the Chinese and French language as well as natural sciences.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cnjk9\" data-offset-key=\"1i1kf-0-0\">\n<h4 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1i1kf-0-0\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caseo-Sojaine_did_pioneer_work_in_exploiting_soy_raised_the_oil_and_protein_levels_as_well_as_crop_stability\"><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1i1kf-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne did pioneer work in exploiting soy, raised the oil and protein levels as well as crop stability. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-offset-key=\"1i1kf-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Shizeng\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wiki<\/a> &#8211; In 1905, while he was still a graduate student, Li presented (in French) his first paper on soy at the Second International Dairy Congress in Paris, and published it in the proceedings of the conference.\u00a0In 1910 he published a short treatise in Chinese on the economic and health benefits of soy beans and soy products, especially <i>doufu<\/i>, which he maintained could alleviate diabetes and arthritic pain, and then in 1912 <i>Le Soja<\/i> in French. At the annual lunch of France\u2019s Society for Acclimatization (<i>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Acclimatation<\/i>), in keeping with its tradition of introducing new foods from little-known plants, Li served a meal of vegetarian ham (<i>jambon v\u00e9g\u00e9tal<\/i>), soy cheese (<i>fromage de Soya<\/i>), soy preserves (<i>confitures de Soya<\/i>, such as <i>cr\u00e8me de marron<\/i>), and soy bread (<i>pain de Soya<\/i>).<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Soja1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17952 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Soja1.jpg\" alt=\"soja1\" width=\"580\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Soja1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Soja1-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Together_with_his_partner_L_Grandvoinnet_in_1912_Li_published_a_150-page_pamphlet_containing_their_series_of_eight_earlier_articles_Le_soja_sa_culture_ses_usages_alimentaires_therapeutiques_agricoles_et_industriels_Soya_%E2%80%93_Its_Cultivation_Dietary_Therapeutic_Agricultural_and_Industrial_Uses_Paris_A_Challamel_1912_The_soy_historians_William_Shurtleff_and_Akiko_Aoyagi_call_it_%E2%80%9Cone_of_the_earliest_most_important_influential_creative_interesting_and_carefully_researched_books_ever_written_about_soybeans_and_soyfoods_Its_bibliography_on_soy_is_larger_than_any_published_prior_to_that_time%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Together with his partner L. Grandvoinnet, in 1912 Li published a 150-page pamphlet containing their series of eight earlier articles: <i>Le soja: sa culture, ses usages alimentaires, th\u00e9rapeutiques, agricoles et industriels<\/i> (Soya\u00a0\u2013 Its Cultivation, Dietary, Therapeutic, Agricultural and Industrial Uses) (Paris: A Challamel, 1912). The soy historians William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi call it &#8220;one of the earliest, most important, influential, creative, interesting, and carefully researched books ever written about soybeans and soyfoods. Its bibliography on soy is larger than any published prior to that time.&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Li_and_the_factory_engineers_developed_and_patented_equipment_for_producing_soymilk_and_beancurd_including_the_worlds_first_soymilk_patents_Shurtleff_and_Aoyagi_comment_that_their_1912_patent_was_%E2%80%9Cpacked_with_original_ideas_including_various_French-style_cheeses_and_the_worlds_first_industrial_soy_protein_isolate_called_Sojalithe_after_its_counterpart_Galalith_made_from_milk_protein%E2%80%9D_Li_claimed_that_Sojalithe_could_also_be_used_as_a_substitute_for_ivory\"><\/span>Li and the factory engineers developed and patented equipment for producing soymilk and beancurd, including the world\u2019s first soymilk patents. Shurtleff and Aoyagi comment that their 1912 patent was &#8220;packed with original ideas, including various French-style cheeses and the world\u2019s first industrial soy protein isolate, called Sojalithe, after its counterpart, Galalith, made from milk protein.&#8221; Li claimed that Sojalithe could also be used as a substitute for ivory.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_promotional_postcards_given_out_by_salespersons_%E2%80%93_circa_1910\"><\/span>3 promotional postcards given out by salespersons &#8211; circa 1910<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory.jpg\" alt=\"sojafactory\" width=\"580\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory2a.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17973 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory2a.jpg\" alt=\"sojafactory2a\" width=\"580\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory2a.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory2a-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory3a.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17974 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory3a.jpg\" alt=\"sojafactory3a\" width=\"580\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory3a.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SojaFactory3a-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Going deeper &#8211; Chinese Revolutionaries in France &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacu.org\/dengfrance.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">full article<\/a>. &#8211;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">It was in La Garenne-Colombes that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deng_Xiaoping\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Deng Xiaoping<\/a> met <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhou_Enlai\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Zhou Enlai<\/a>, already a well known student leader of the 1919 May 4th Movement in Tianjin, and Ye Rongzhen, a Sichuanese worker-student and later one of the marshalls of the PRC. Deng shared a room with &#8216;elder brother&#8217; Zhou who was six years his senior and leader of the Socialist Youth League of China in France. Together with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cai_Hesen\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Cai Hesen<\/a>, who in 1918 had co-founded the New People&#8217;s Study Society in Changsha, and Li Wenhai, later a political commissar of the Red Army during the Long March, Zhou Enlai had founded the league in Montargis. In February 1922 Deng moved there too taking work at Hutchinson&#8217;s Rubber Factory. He was only in Montargis seven months, then left to go to Chatillon Secondary School in Chatillon-sur-Seine, but was back working in Hutchinson&#8217;s again in early 1923. However he lost his job after only a month because of his political activities, but he stayed on in Mantargis until June when he returned to La Garenne-Colombes and worked again as a fitter, this time in the Renault factory, where he remained until he left France.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deng_Xiaoping\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wiki<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Deng Xiaoping<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">In La Garenne-Colombes Deng met <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhou_Enlai\" title=\"Zhou Enlai\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Zhou Enlai<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nie_Rongzhen\" title=\"Nie Rongzhen\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Nie Rongzhen<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cai_Hesen\" title=\"Cai Hesen\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Cai Hesen<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhao_Shiyan\" title=\"Zhao Shiyan\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Zhao Shiyan<\/a> and Li Wenhai.\u00a0Under the influence of these older Chinese students in France, Deng began to study <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marxism\" title=\"Marxism\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Marxism<\/a> and engaged in political dissemination work. In 1921 he joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in Europe. In the second half of 1924 he joined the Chinese Communist Party and became one of the leading members of the General Branch of the Youth League in Europe.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"cnjk9\" data-offset-key=\"1i1kf-0-0\">\n<h4>Related piece &#8211; A GROUP FORGOTTEN: THE STUDENT WORKERS IN CHINA FRANCE &#8211; Genevieve Barman &amp; Nicole Dulioust &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/rousseaustudies.free.fr\/articleetudiantechinoise.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-2\"><\/span>&#8230;&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>&#8230;.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span>..<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_the_French_were_in_full_production_%E2%80%93_whilst_the_British_were_still_at_the_%E2%80%98planning_stage\"><\/span>So, the French were in full production &#8211; whilst the British were still at the &#8216;planning stage&#8217;.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ernest_Bells_magazine_%E2%80%93_The_Animals_Friend_%E2%80%93_1913\"><\/span>Ernest Bell&#8217;s magazine &#8211; The Animals&#8217; Friend &#8211; 1913<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/vegetarian-milk.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17951 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/vegetarian-milk.jpg\" alt=\"vegetarian-milk\" width=\"580\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/vegetarian-milk.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/vegetarian-milk-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vegetarian_Milk\"><\/span>Vegetarian Milk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flesh-eaters_seem_likely_to_lose_another_of_their_favourite_arguments_%E2%80%93_the_one_which_humane_dietists_call_the_%E2%80%9Ccock_and_bull%E2%80%9D_argument_%E2%80%93_namely_that_we_must_keep_cows_for_their_milk_and_bull_calves_will_be_born_so_they_might_as_well_be_killed_and_eaten_The_daily_papers_have_been_telling_us_lately_that%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>Flesh-eaters seem likely to lose another of their favourite arguments &#8211; the one which humane dietists call the &#8220;cock and bull&#8221; argument &#8211; namely, that we must keep cows for their milk, and bull calves will be born, so they might as well be killed and eaten. The daily papers have been telling us lately that&#8230;&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">An artificial milk, manufactured from vegetables, which is said to contain all the elements of the best cow&#8217;s milk, and can be used for the same purposes, has been invented, and was shown to a gathering of scientists in London.\u00a0Among those present were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Crookes\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Sir William Crookes<\/a>, representatives of the Home Office and the Local Government Board, several medical officers of health, and other members of the medical profession.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_milk_is_said_to_be_more_digestible_than_ordinary_milk_and_its_cream_is_far_more_nourishing_It_can_be_used_for_all_cooking_purposes_and_very_good_cheese_can_be_made_from_it_but_it_will_not_produce_butter_As_the_milk_is_germ-free_it_will_keep_longer_than_cows_milk\"><\/span>The milk is said to be more digestible than ordinary milk, and its cream is far more nourishing. It can be used for all cooking purposes, and very good cheese can be made from it, but it will not produce butter. As the milk is germ-free, it will keep longer than cow&#8217;s milk.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_principal_vegetables_used_in_the_manufacture_of_the_milk_are_Soya_beans_%E2%80%93_Japanese_and_Chinese_beans_%E2%80%93_and_it_will_yield_a_certain_profit_sold_at_3d_a_quart_Cheese_could_be_produced_at_3d_a_pound_It_is_proposed_later_to_form_a_company_and_erect_factories_for_the_manufacture_of_the_milk\"><\/span>The principal vegetables used in the manufacture of the milk are Soya beans &#8211; Japanese and Chinese beans &#8211; and it will yield a certain profit sold at 3d. a quart. Cheese could be produced at 3d a pound. It is proposed later to form a company and erect factories for the manufacture of the milk.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-3\"><\/span>&#8230;&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing items in our Ernest Bell Library &#8211; a\u00a0British article from 1913 &#8211; &#8230;&#8230;but once again the French were ahead of the game. There was an industrial scale French factory producing soya milk \/ tofu \/ other soya products &#8211; from 1908\/9. &#8230;&#8230; Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne &#8211; Paris &#8211; France A salesperson&#8217;s calling card &#8211; circa 1910 Wiki &#8211; In 1908 Li Yuying\u00a0AKA\u00a0Li Shizeng\u00a0opened a soy factory, the Usine de la Cas\u00e9o-Soja\u00efne, which was the world&#8217;s first soy dairy and the first factory in France to manufacture and sell doufu (beancurd). The plant, housed in a brick building at 46\u201348 Rue Denis Papin in the suburb of La Garenne-Colombes a few miles to the north of Paris, produced a variety of soy products. There was little market for bean-curd jam, soy coffee and chocolate, eggs, or bean-curd cheese (in Gruyere, Roquefort or Camembert flavors), but soy flour and biscuits sold well.\u00a0The company offered free meals to Chinese students, who gathered also to discuss and debate revolutionary strategy. 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