January 22, 2025

Emmanuel "Manny" F. Piñol

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Huge Market! Soya Choco-Milk Popularity Opens Agri Opportunities

With a recurring and painful acid reflux because I am a heavy coffee drinker, I had taken a liking for Soya Milk-based drinks lately.
Medical studies showed that Soya Milk neutralizes Acid Reflux and I believe this is true because I am a living witness.
I had not experienced Acid Reflux since I started drinking Soya Milk-based drinks which I buy from either Mercury Drug or 7-11 outlets.
My favorite is the VitaSoy produced by Universal Robina Corporation but there is a glass bottled version VitaMilk produced by a new beverage company based in Luzon.
There is another angle, however, aside from what Soya Milk does to people suffering from Acid Reflux, that prompted me to promote Soya-based drinks.
I am one of the very few farmers planting and promoting Soybeans, a food and feed material which is 99.9999% imported.
In fact, the Philippines imports 1.1-million metric tons of Soybeans every year valued at roughly P60-B.
Now, this presents a very good prospect for Soybeans farmers like me because we are growing local Non-GMO varieties.
And depending on the demand of the market, I could grow Organic Soybeans, which would be perfect for Soya Milk.
Deep inside me as a farmer, I pray that Filipinos would start drinking Soya Milk and Soya Milk-based drinks.
If Soya-based drinks become as popular as Coca-Cola or Pepsi Cola, planting Non-GMO Organic Soybeans would be a very profitable agricultural activity for farmers like me.

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