Good Grains International, Inc.
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The Product
Over time, Sweet White Lupin may impact food production and agricultural stability in Third World countries and is expected to generate scores of nutritional, commercial and industrial products and by-products, pointing to an enormous market potential, both as an available food source and tradable commodity. The single development that makes possible the extraordinary present and future potential of Sweet White Lupin is the successful removal over recent decades of genetic factors responsible for its bitter, alkaloid accumulations. Furthermore, Sweet White Lupin is the most, economical high-protein food available for marginal soil areas, in both subtropical and temperate regions. Sufficient testing and development of Sweet White Lupin over the past twenty years has been undertaken in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Zimbabwe, Africa and other nations and geographic locations, to warrant commercial efforts and world market development as the next logical step. Sweet White Lupin oil, flour and fiber comprise the Company's primary product line and will be sold as a comparable or superior alternative to soybeans and soy products for human and/or animal consumption into a world market. Scores of secondary products have been identified and await development. As the soybean has gained tremendous prominence and stature over recent years as a food additive, a meat-extender, an ingredient in baby food and not surprisingly, a pet food sample. Sweet White Lupin can be used to even greater advantage in the same role. Most soybean farmers rely heavily upon chemical fertilizers and pesticides, whereas many Lupin farmers do not. When making comparisons with soybeans, we must also remember that all soybean products, without exception are processed, whereas Sweet White Lupin is often delivered as a whole grain food, which can even be eaten raw. These factors allow Sweet White Lupin and many of its products to capture a significant market share under the superior and increasingly important labels of certified organic foods, designer foods and truly whole and natural foods. |
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Sweet White Lupin is a genetically improved legume, high in protein, lysine, fiber and other nutrients. The Lupin product, when compared to major world food crops and staple foods, demonstrates a number of advantages relating to growing patterns, resilience, ease of harvest, soil fixing properties, digestibility and lack of dependency on costly food processing. By such qualities and characteristics Sweet White Lupin justifies its place as a viable and competitive world food crop. By composition and application the Sweet White Lupin bean, unlike bitter yellow or blue lupine, is in many respects superior to and more desirable
than the soybean. Some experts consider it hardier, more adaptable and more versatile. Lupins make exceptional human and animal foods, in both raw and processed form. Soybeans, being a seasonal crop, are limited in their annual
growth by cold and tropical climates. By comparison, Sweet White Lupin is more drought and frost resistant, less pH critical and less dependent upon rich soils, fertilizers and pesticides. Sweet White Lupin can yield two to three crops a year in certain climates and has
been grown successfully from sea level to extremely high altitude. Lupin is an excellent rotation crop, by virtue of its considerable nitrogen-fixing qualities.