Growing a Better Bean
Currently QUALISOY is working to market and promote three commercially low linolenic varieties available from Monsanto, Pioneer and Iowa State University. The goal for farmers is to produce soybean varieties with less than 3 percent linolenic acid. In 2005, varieties featuring a low linolenic oil trait will be available to farmers.

• Monsanto VISTIVE™ - A low linolenic soybean variety through conventional breeding that will reduce or eliminate trans fatty acids (trans fats) in processed soybean oil. VISTIVE soybeans, which will have the Roundup Ready® trait, contain less than 3 percent linolenic acid, compared with 8 percent for traditional soybeans.
  www.monsanto.com
• Pioneer® Low Linolenic Soybeans –Pioneer soybean variety 93M20 features a low linolenic acid profile of less than 3 percent and offers better natural stability and increased shelf life. The resulting oil is marketed through Bunge North America as NUTRIUM™ Low Lin Soybean Oil. When used for frying, low linolenic oil eliminates the need for partial hydrogenation in some applications.
  http://www.pioneer.com/pioneer_news/press_releases/corporate/nutrium.htm
• Iowa State University’s Low Lin Variety - A variety that produces soybean oil with 1 percent linolenic acid. The oil from this variety is marketed to the food industry under the brand name Asoyia™.
  www.notrans.iastate.edu or www.asoyia.com

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