Soybean processing
Creating soy products for the food and fuel industries
We work with farmers and cooperatives throughout the Midwest and beyond to originate soybeans for processing at Mankato and Fairmont, Minnesota. All year soybeans are delivered to the facilities and then processed into oil, fuel, meal and flour. These value-added soybean products are sold around the world to make food and ingredients for livestock feed, pet food and fuel.
Soybean value chain
The Mankato and Fairmont processing facilities receive soybeans, remove the hulls and prepare the beans for crushing. Crude soybean oil is extracted from the beans, and then further refined into food-grade soybean oil, or Savorysoy®. It can then be further refined into an epoxidized soybean oil, or PlastiSoy®. The meal created from the crushing process goes on to be used by local livestock farmers. Soybean hulls that are also used as animal feed. Food grade soy flake, soy flour, or soy grits can also be made from soybean protein.
Soy-based products available from CHS
PlastiSoy
PlastiSoy is an epoxidized soybean oil that is used in the plastic manufacturing industry to be used for products like food wrap, hoses, pool liners and home appliance gaskets.
Honeysoy
Honeysoy is a soy-based flour product that is often used in cooking and baking. It is available in bulk quantities for food manufacturers for use in baked goods and other items.
Savorysoy
Savorysoy is a refined, bleached soybean oil that can be packaged directly or used as an ingredient for salad dressings or other packaged consumer goods.
Soybean meal
Soybean meal is a animal feed ingredient that can be fed to cattle, hogs or chickens.
Soybean hulls
Soybean hulls are an animal feed ingredient that is lower in protein and can be used as a replacement for roughage feed.