plantmilk society 1965 as plantmilk ltd. founder leslie j. cross c. arthur ling 1 headquarters folkestone kent england key people adrian ling managing director products vegan goods website plamil foods plamil foods ltd is a british manufacturer of vegan food products . founded in 1965 the company sells soy milk horchata egg free mayonnaise chocolate and carob bars . the company began life in 1956 as the plantmilk society which was set up by leslie cross vice president of the british vegan society to explore how to produce a commercial soy milk as an alternative to dairy for vegans and others . plamil became the first company in the uk and one of the first in the western world to make soy milk widely available . contents 1 plant milk 2 history 2.1 plantmilk society 2.2 plantmilk ltd 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading plant milk edit soy protein is a complete protein containing all the essential amino acids . 2 plant milks have been produced for hundreds of years particularly in china . according to the soyinfo center almond milk almaund mylke was first mentioned in english in the forme of cury c. 1390 . 3 4 there are early western mentions of milk from the soy bean in june 1896 in the american journal of pharmacy and july 1897 in the united states department of agriculture s farmer s bulletin . 3 the first soy milk and soy based infant formula in the west was developed in 1909 by john ruhr h an american pediatrician . bottled soy milk was available commercially in china from the 1920s and in 1931 seventh day adventists in madison tennessee began production of soy milk fortified with calcium . 3 in 1940 vitasoy in hong kong began selling soy milk door to door . 5 according to the soyinfo center in the us the dairy industry put pressure on producers to call it something other than milk ; one company used the term soya lac instead . 3 history edit plantmilk society edit plamil foods began life as the plantmilk society which was founded in june 1956 by leslie cross 1914 2 december 1979 vice president of the vegan society . 6 7 the vegan society emerged in 1944 as a result of a split within the british vegetarian society over whether vegetarians should consume dairy products and eggs . cross who became a vegan in 1942 wrote regularly about the issue to the society s magazine the vegetarian messenger arguing that dairy milk production was cruel and exploitative . 8 one of the early concerns of the vegan society was how to produce a commercial plant milk . in the spring of 1956 cross placed an article in the vegan proposing the creation of the veganmilk association . the aim would be to produce and make available to the general public in great britain a milk the ingredients of which would be of plant origin ; which would satisfy nutritional requirements ; and which would be palatable attractive and simple to use for the purposes for which dairy milk is now used . 9 members decided to call it the plantmilk society . the london evening news carried a story about the new society under the headline now your milk may come from a plant . c. arthur ling 1919 2005 became the chair and leslie cross the treasurer and secretary . 6 as of 2015 one of c. arthur ling s sons adrian is the managing director of plamil foods . 1 the first annual general meeting was held on 6 october 1956 at friends house in euston road london . 6 plantmilk ltd edit it took several years of research and an investment of 20 000 to produce the soy milk 10 which was fortified with calcium and vitamins b2 b12 and d2 . in 1965 the society became a limited company plantmilk ltd with cross as its first full time employee and began production of its milk which it called plantmilk from a rented factory in iver buckinghamshire . a group of 16 vegans later took out loans to buy the freehold of a factory in folkestone kent . in 1972 the company changed its name to plamil foods . during the 1970s echoing the pressure brought by the american dairy industry in the 1930s the company was not allowed in england to refer to its product as soya milk but had to call it liquid food of plant origin and thereafter soya plantmilk . 11 products edit plamil products are suitable for vegans and are made by the company in its own factory . 12 the company is a free from producer and is sought out by people with allergies as well as by vegans . 13 their organic chocolate products are registered with the soil association . 14 their products were registered with the vegan society until 2009 but plamil withdrew its support of the society s trademark after the latter agreed to certify products that might contain trace amounts of dairy milk eggs or fish as a result of contamination during manufacturing . 15 16 since then plamil has used its own vegan logo rather than the society s. 13 the company sells organic unsweetened soy milk horchata tigernut milk and egg free mayonnaise in several flavours including plain lemongrass and tarragon . there is a range of carob bars chocolate products organic chocolate spreads sweetened with orange oil or rice syrup as well as easter eggs and chocolate snowmen . 17 products are available online from the company s website animal aid and amazon and as of 2015 are sold by waitrose and holland & barrett . 18 see also edit alpro silk soy milk so good soy beverage references edit a b c arthur ling 1919 2005 plamil foods . reed mangels virginia messina and mark messina the dietitian s guide to vegetarian diets jones & bartlett learning 2011 pp. 256 257 . a b c d william shurtleff and akiko aoyagi history of soymilk and other non dairy milks 1226 2013 soyinfo center 2013 pp. 5 8 . the forme of cury project gutenberg . vitasoy story vitasoy international holdings ltd. a b c the plantmilk society the vegan 10 3 winter 1956 pp. 14 16 . for date of death the vegan spring 1980 p. 23 . leslie cross letter to the vegetarian messenger 1943 p. 184 cited in leah leneman no animal food the road to veganism in britain 1909 1944 society and animals 7 3 1999 pp. 222 223 . john heron editorial the vegan 9 8 spring 1956 p. 1 and in the same issue leslie j. cross a veganmilk association p. 2 . plantmilk the vegan autumn 1965 p. 32 . harry maher the milk of human kindness interview with arthur ling vegan views 37 autumn 1986 . about us plamil foods . a b free from ... plamil foods . plamil organic chocolate plamil foods . plamil and the animal free vegan trademark plamil foods . new modernised vegan logo for vegetarian & free from products welcomed by food manufacturing industry sourcewire 2 june 2009 . products plamil foods . shopping and stockists plamil foods . further reading edit plamil foods . cross leslie j. man and nature the vegan summer 1948 pp. 6 8 also available here . v t e plant milk milks almond milk coconut milk hemp milk peanut milk rice milk soy milk related products douhua horchata kokkoh plant cream poi sikhye soy based infant formula soy pudding soy yogurt vegan cheese brands companies 8th 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