YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Soya East Ltd, a company set up in Yerevan a year ago, produces milk, condensed milk and cheese, as well as meat and cheese surrogates from soya, with all these products being certified and corresponding to state standards of Armenia and Russia. The company produces 80 kg of condenced milk and 20-30 kg of meat surrogates daily. The company's director Doctor of Technical Sciences Anahit Beglarian told NT correspondent that over ten foodstuffs produced by Soya East have both preventive and curative properties. For example, soya milk is a rare foodstuff of plant origin and does not contain lactose and cholesterol. According to her, the use of 25 grams of soya protein each day reduces the risk of cardiovascular and renal diseases and helps prevent such diseases as diabetis, diathesis and cancer. A. Beglarian said that Soya East is the only Armenian company that tries to use soya in food industry. The company provides part of the raw materials imported from Russia to the local meat half-finished product manufacturing plants and confectionery factories. "Soya is in great demand in many foreign countries, whereas in Armenia only first steps in this direction are being taken. Our purpose is to contribute to the spread of products made from soya in the domestic market," A. Beglarian noted.

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