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5.4 Small-scale technology

In the last decade, technologies for small-scale refineries and for small-scale soymilk production have been developed. Adoption of these technologies has contributed to higher soybean consumption in several countries, especially those unable to invest in big processing plants or where the product’s demand is small. An alternative to solvent-extraction is the dry extruder called "Insta-Pro", which is a complete ExPress system. Sixty plants have been established in the United States and Canada with a capacity between 10 to 100 tonnes/day. In India, this technology is being used mainly in rural areas. Inexpensive machines (ASSOY) capable of producing 20 litres of soymilk/batch are available. To date, 300 machines have been sold in Russia. Soymilk produced by the ASSOY machine is used by the Feed the Children Program.