Plant-Based Drink Business Opportunity: Taichung DARES Develops Red Job's Tears and Sprouted Soy Milk

(CNA Reporter Wang Shufen, Taipei, June 18) Natural, nutritious, and functional plant-based beverages are increasingly popular among consumers. The Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (DARES) of the Ministry of Agriculture is promoting the value-added application of domestically produced coarse grains, developing red job's tears milk and sprouted soy milk with market potential, and establishing standardized production technology.

DARES announced in a press release today that to promote the value-added application of domestically produced coarse grains, DARES used domestic job's tears and soybeans as raw materials. By retaining key components through critical processing, they established standardized production technologies for "Whole Grain Red Job's Tears Milk" and "Sprouted Soy Milk." These offer new localized, high-value, and functional choices for the domestic plant-based beverage market.

DARES stated that whole grain red job's tears fully retain the reddish-brown bran, which is rich in components such as coixol, coix polysaccharide, unsaturated fatty acids, and B vitamins. Soybeans are rich in plant-based protein, isoflavones, and lecithin. After sprouting, proteins and polysaccharides are broken down into small-molecule nutrients.

DARES added that domestic coarse grains have advantages such as freshness, short food mileage, and low carbon footprint. Using domestically bred varieties as raw materials not only ensures stable quality but also meets consumer expectations for local and sustainable food systems. The production technology for these two coarse grain milks has been licensed, and private companies are investing in commercial production. (Editor: Li Hengshan) 1150618

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