ST. LOUIS—Last year, the United Soybean Board (USB) partnered with manufacturers to develop 33 new soy-based products and ingredients that are helping to replace petrochemicals and make products more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
New products containing soy—ranging from downhole crude oil recovery aides to NASCAR racing tires to candles—also represent a step forward in the evolution of “green” chemistry as soy ingredients and technology become increasingly mainstream.
More than 800 soy-based products have been developed since 1990 with USB support. Soy products often contain fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) than traditional products, which contributes to air safety for workers and product consumers. Soybean oil also has excellent solvency and lubricity. The higher flashpoints of soybean oil derivatives provide additional safety benefits when used in products like transformers.
Click here to browse USB’s Soy Products Guide, an online catalog of the thousands of currently available soy-based products, ingredients and manufacturers.
The list of products developed with USB support in 2014 includes new additions to some popular soy-based product categories, such as plastics, adhesives, and rubber; and feedstocks with the potential to impact the creation of countless products.
