SOYAWORLD ACQUIRES NEW BRAND AND NEW INTEREST
By Adnews Staff
Vancouver-based SoyaWorld Inc., manufacturers of soy beverages, has acquired the So Nice soy beverage brand and a strategic interest in Ottawa-based ProSoya Inc., a soymilk technology company. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The So Nice beverage is an organic soy beverage. SoyaWorld has plans to relaunch the product in Canada and the United States as So Nice Soyganic, an organic soy beverage with calcium and other essential nutrients. The new So Nice Soyganic, will complement SoyaWorld's current product, So Good, a soy beverage and alternative to milk. Through the transaction, SoyaWorld will also acquire soymilk extraction plants and equipment in Ottawa and Vancouver. SoyaWorld is jointly owned by Dairyworld Foods of Vancouver and Sunrise Soya Foods. PR for SoyaWorld Inc. is handled by Argyle Rowland Worldwide of Toronto.