High-Quality Textured Vegetable Proteins

HIGH-QUALITY TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEINS

Ultra-Soy® Reduce visible fat, lower meat costs and boost nutrition with Ultra-Soy®

High-quality Ultra-Soy® textured soy proteins help you reduce your meat and seafood costs while enhancing a wide variety of food products. You’ll improve customer experience when you choose Ultra-Soy® because its unique structure excels at binding fat and hydrating during rigorous processing and cooking environments. It delivers nutritional benefits and the desired texture without detracting from the flavors of your other ingredients.

With its high protein content, Ultra-Soy® can also be used as a nutritious supplement in snacks and health foods. It’s made with pride by CHS, a global food ingredients partner committed to providing customized and innovative solutions that fit your unique applications. Our experienced team will work closely with you to help optimize texture and flavor when using textured vegetable protein products.

Bind fats and lower fat content Typical Product Composition Add Ultra-Soy® directly to your process flow to extend meats, improve handling properties and enhance nutritional profile. Ultra-Soy® contains Protein (mfb) 50% 50% protein, less than 2% fat and zero grams of cholesterol or trans fats per serving. Its uniquely bland formula won’t interfere with other flavors. Moisture 11% Max • Broad array selection of shapes, sizes and colors including granules, chunks, flakes and strips ranging from 1/8 inch to 1 inch, and available in neutral tan, light caramel and dark caramel colors Typical Microbiological Analysis • Studies have shown that soy protein helps in lowering blood Average Plate Count Less than (per g) 10,000 cholesterol and, as a result, the FDA has allowed the following health claim: “25 grams of soy protein per day as part of a diet low in Salmonella (per 375 g) Negative saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease” • Ultra-Soy ® is a good to excellent source of dietary fiber, a E.coli Negative component in food that may be beneficial in heart disease and certain types of cancer • Contains more than 6 mg of naturally occurring isoflavones per gram of product, which have been shown to be beneficial in reducing the incidence of breast and prostate cancers Ultra-Soy® textured vegetable proteins Essential Amino Acids • 100% vegetarian, dry soy products which, when hydrated, (per 100 g of Protein) have the laminar, fibrous texture of meat Tryptophan 0.6 Isoleucine 2.3 • Available vitamin fortified (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, Leucine 3.8 vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, iron, magnesium, Lysine 3.1 zinc, copper and potassium), for school and other Methionine 0.7 nutritional programs Cysteine 0.8 • Certified Kosher Pareve under the supervision of the Phenylalanine 2.7 Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Threonine 2.0 • Certified Halal under the supervision of the Islamic Food Tyrosine 1.8 Valine 2.6 and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) Arginine 2.2 • Produced at a SQF 2000 Level 2 certified facility Histidine 1.4

Shelf life, storage, transportation and packaging Typical Nutrition Analysis ULTRA-SOY® • Standard packaging is in 50-pound (22.68 kg) multi- (per 100 g of Product) walled bags for maximum protection. • Under normal dry storage conditions, Ultra-Soy® textured vegetable proteins will be stable for at least two years from the date of manufacture. • Refrigeration is not recommended. However, once hydrated, they should be handled like fresh meat.

Recommended Applications: Ultra-Soy®

• Casseroles • Omelets and other • Pizza toppings egg dishes • Gravies • Entrées • Pot pies • Salads • Sandwich spreads • Vegetables • Cheese spreads • Hors d’oeuvres • Soups and stews • Biscuits • Chowder • Salad dressings • Ethnic foods • Snack dips • Enchiladas

Calculated value, based on corrected amino acid scores and a true protein digestibility of 0.85 (FAO/WHO, 1989) 5500 Cenex Drive Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077 [email protected] 800-851-4309 (ext. 2062) • 651-355-2062 chsinc.com

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