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ASA/WISHH Hosts Seminar in Guatemala

Jul 17, 2014

Guatemala

Dr. Mian Riaz leads ASA/WISHH’s seminar at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

This month, with funding from USDA’s FMD program, the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program (ASA/WISHH) hosted a seminar in Guatemala titled, “Functional Properties of Soy in Food Applications and Processing Soy Protein into Meat, Analogue Using Extrusion Technology.”

Dr. Mian Riaz led the course which took place at the Department of Engineering and Food Science at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG).  More than 41 people were in attendance, including 18 representatives from different companies within the food industry of Guatemala.  The seminar included detailed discussion on the benefits of soy and how it can be incorporated into different food systems, as well as how soy products can be processed into mean analogues using extrusion technology.