When will reduced-trans or trans-free soybean oil be commercially available as a result of QUALISOY?
The QUALISOY initiative has helped unite the industry and create an environment for increased cooperation. Changing the composition of a commodity crop the size of soy is no small undertaking. Currently available trait-enhanced soybean oils include Advantage LL brand soy oil processed by Cargill; VISTIVE™ low-linolenic soy oil processed by Archer Daniels Midland Company, Ag Processing, Cenex Harvest States and Zeeland Farms; TREUS™ brand soy oil, developed in partnership by Bunge and DuPont; and Asoyia Ultra Low-Lin soybean oil. In the coming years, it is estimated that additional soybean varieties will be widely available to meet food industry and consumer needs. The breakthrough of low-linolenic soybean oil has and will continue to benefit the food industry and could add an estimated $100 million per year to the value of soybean commodities. Nearly 60 million pounds of low-linolenic soybean oil was produced from the 2005 soybean crop, 285 million pounds from the 2006 crops, and it is
