Bangladesh

American Soy Bakery & Dairy Project Inaugurated

The “American Soy Bakery & Dairy Project”, a multi-organization private sector initiative developed to promote U S value-added soy products for the bakery and dairy industries, was recently inaugurated in Dhaka. Mr. Jon F Danilowicz, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the United States in Bangladesh, cut the inaugural ribbon at the Nandan Super Store in the Gulshan area of Dhaka. The USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service representative, Mr. Syed Sarwar Hossain, was present at the event.  This project was developed by the American Soybean Association-International Marketing (USSEC Bangladesh) in cooperation with the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), USA.  The project objective is to show the nutritional efficacy of and create a market for soy protein-fortified food products and soy flake/soybean-based soymilk products in Bangladesh. 

ASA-IM Organized Soy Product Promotion Series

To most Bangladeshis, soybean is only known as a source of quality cooking oil. Its potential as a nutrition source is not yet fully realized. Thus, ASA-IM recently organized a series of soy product exhibitions in several large cities of Bangladesh including Dhaka, Bogra, Khulna, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet.  The objective in organizing these exhibitions was to introduce high quality and nutritive US soy food and feed products into the Bangladeshi market.  US soybean oil brands were also displayed. Soy-based animal feed ingredients such as soy protein concentrate, hi-pro soybean meal and a few readymade feeds were showcased in the exhibition, targeted at representatives from livestock and feed industries. ASA-IM hope to continue organizing such exhibitions in other large cities and towns of the country.