Corn & SoybeansBy: Sam, Brooke, and Ryan C

BACKGROUND INFO.- Basic Facts- Corn and Soy Usage

Corn Soybeans

• In 2007, 94 million acres of corn were planted, about 23% of total U.S. cropland

•Of 10,000 items in a typical grocery store, 2,500 have at least some corn products in it

• Over 77 million acres of soy were planted in 2009

•Of 10,000 items in a typical grocery store, 1,600 have at least some soy based products in it

43%

32%

16%

6% 4% Animal FeedEthanolExport OtherHFCS

Corn Uses Soy Uses

97%

3%

Animal FeedHuman Con-sump-tion

Ok, stop! Exactly how much corn and soybeans are in food products? Let’s Find Out!

• The average American adult eats up to 2,000 calories a day

• Calories from corn the average American eats a day: • 554 calories

• Calories from soy the average American eats a day: • 275 calories

• 811 (40%) of the calories the average American adult eats a day, comes from corn and soy

How Much Corn & Soy Do We Eat?

You may think of corn as just “Corn on a cob”

But in reality, it’s in a whole bunch of things we eat on a

daily basis as well! Click to see!

And this is just a small portion of food using corn,

there’s still a whole lot more!

Different foods likely to contain soy

Bulking agents Carob Emulsifiers Gum Natural flavors Shoyu Soy beverages Soy flour Soy lecithin Soy miso

Soy protein concentrate or isolate

Soy sauce Soybean oil Stabilizer Tamari Tempeh Texturized vegetable

protein Vegetable broth Vegetable gum

How did get in this corn and soy get into to all that food? Well, it starts at the

farm.

Not this farm, the other one

This is a “farm” where they have pigs, chickens, cows, and fish. This is where they get fed corn and soy with GMO’s. This means that the beef, pork, chicken, and the fish you eat all contain corn and soy! Not to mention dairy, cheese and eggs as well.

And if that didn’t convince you about corn and soy being in almost

everything. . .

THE END.