One of the uses of lecithin is in milk chocolate to keep the chocolate and cocoa butter from separating. Soybean meal, and recently whole roasted soybeans, are used as a basic protein supplement for livestock feed. Soy flours and grist are used in the baking industry as they aid in dough-conditioning and bleaching. Also, the moisture-holding qualities helps keep the baking from going stale. Soybean oil is also used in printing inks, diesel fuel, building materials, solvents, plastics, textiles, adhesives, dust control agents, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, cleansing agents, and many other products.
Soybeans are the second largest cash crop grown in Ontario after grain corn.
Special thanks to the Ontario Soybean Growers' Marketing Board. There are many types of wheat. The wheat that is sown in the fall and harvested the following summer is called Winter Wheat, while the one sown in the spring and is harvested that fall is called Spring Wheat. Within these four classes there is Red and White, which describes the colour of the wheat. The majority of the soft white winter wheat produced in Canada is from Ontario.