Over the years, the "Student Soybean Innovation Contest" has produced several commercial products, numerous concepts and ideas that have stimulated potential industrial interest. It produces graduates who understand the value and importance of utilizing renewable resources, such as soybeans, for industrial and food products. Past students who have participated in this competition have gone on to work at companies such as Pepperidge Farms, Proctor & Gamble, Favorite Brands, Nestles, M&M Mars, Kroger Foods and Union Carbide. They continue to champion the use of soybean components in the development of snack foods, fat substitutes, industrial chemical intermediates and cosmetics in their...