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Soya (chiefly British English) or soy (chiefly American English) is the herb Glycine max, which produces the soya bean or soybean (see that article for more detail).

Soya, Hokkaido is a district of Soya subprefecture, at the north tip of Hokkaido, Japan.

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Soya (281 words)
	Soya was considered as one of the 5 holy crops, besides rice, wheat, barley and millet.
	Soya beans are very versatile: soya beans can be used as whole soya beans, soya sprouts, or processed as soya milk, tofu, tempeh, soya sauce or miso.
	The increasing popularity of soya foods is mainly attributed to the large amount of health benefits which are associated with the use of soya beans.

The Vegetarian Society - Soya & Mycoprotein Information Sheet (0 words)
	The soya bean is the seed of the leguminous soya bean plant.
	Soya beans are soaked, crushed and heated to produce soya milk to which a coagulating agent such as calcium sulphate or calcium chloride is added.
	Soya oil and margarine are widely used and are high in polyunsaturated fats and low in saturated fats.

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