Soya: The Best Alternative To Cow's Milk

The study was done using the four most commonly consumed types of milk beverages from different plant sources around the world: almond milk, soy milk, rice milk, and coconut milk.

The researchers compared their nutritional values with those of the cow’s milk, and they found that after cow’s milk—which they said remains to be the most nutritious—soya milk comes out as a clear winner.

This is welcome news for the local producers of soya milk in the country, particularly the husband-and-wife team of Mer and Mary Ann Layson, who have been processing soya milk for the past several years. The  Laysons can produce soya milk steadily because they have a source of their own raw materials: their own farm—located at Sitio Minangan, Barangay San Patricio in Mexico, Pampanga—which they call Layson Farms.

From their 2-hectare farm, they can organically produce about 120 sacks of soybeans per cropping—enough to supply the needs of the couple’s KKK (the name is derived from the initials of their children) venture. While their business got off to a rough start in Manila, they say that the timely assistance of PhilMech helped them acquire the equipment they needed to produce their major products: soya milk, soya coffee, and soya ice candy.

Mer Layson particularly expresses gratitude to Dr. Gary Sy for the latter’s invaluable information about the benefits of soya:

It can be used as a meat protein, and is a good substitute for animal products;