SPINS.* Supermarket News for September September: see month. 18 reports a dramatic jump in the sales of soy-based products over the last year since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed that soy products can be advertised as promoting good health and lowering the risk of heart disease. The publication quotes statistics from SPINS, a consulting and research company based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden that specializes in health and nutrition products, that show all soy products generating total sales of $1.3 billion for the year ending in May 2000, a 26.5% increase over the previous year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. SPINS, the categories that skyrocketed in sales included frozen desserts and ice cream substitutes with a 66.7% increase, not far behind energy bars and gels, with a 77.5% increase, and non-dairy beverages such as soy milk Soy milk (also called soya milk or soybean milk) and sometimes referred to as soy drink/beverage and even soy latte) is a beverage made from soybeans originating from China. , which saw a 63.6% increase. |
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