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• OUR MOTTO: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
• THE SECRET OF VIANA TOFU
• AT LEAST 25 GRAMS OF SOY PROTEIN PER DAY

Our internet pages provide you with tips, information and delicious recipes. We will show you how easy it is to have a healthy diet with Viana, without sacrificing enjoyment or ease.

It's not such a new insight: a diet largely without meat and animal fats is good for your health! You can use it to significantly improve your wellbeing and quality of life. A modern diet tuned to wellbeing can ease your heart and circulatory system and lower the risk of cancer - and besides, who doesn't want to lose weight easily and enjoyably?
We are working on realising this understanding for you - Viana represents unadulterated organic enjoyment! For example our tofu products contain not only the best of the soybean, they are simply ideal for easy preparation in the kitchen, even if you're not yet very experienced with tofu or vegetarian foods.
Soybeans contain all eight essential amino acids, with a protein composition the human organism can utilise directly. Soybeans not only contain absolutely no cholesterol, but even contain substances, which newest studies have shown can lower the amount of the harmful LDL-cholesterol in your bloodstream. Apart from that vegetable protein is much »cleaner«, that is to say purer, than animal protein, because it is far less contaminated by harmful substances and environmental toxins.
Indigenous wheat and crispy fresh organic vegetables are further important raw materials next to soy. In this context »Viana« stands for ingredients from certified organic cultivation, mild nutrient-friendly processing and protection against genetic engineering (we have every batch of soybeans investigated by a reputed laboratory before using them). If you care about your health, listen to your heart, as we say here at Viana.

The most important raw material for the production of tofu is drinking water and we at Viana use water of exceptionally good quality. Our special location in the heart of the Volcanic Eifel region between the towns of Gerolstein and Blankenheim allows us to take advantage of one of Germany's largest and most reputed water reservoirs. The Volcanic Eifel is renowned for its pristine nature, good air and a multitude of excellent mineral waters. The water we use for our production is vitalising, beneficial, rich in minerals and pure. Viana tofu contains a lot of high grade protein (approx. 14 %). By means of a sophisticated procedure we make our tofu very firm; you can notice this for instance in your kitchen when it doesn't stick to the frying pan.
Thanks to many years' know how and the proverbial creativity of Viana's tofu makers we deliver you a wonderfully mild, almost sweet, firm tofu. Viana Smoked Tofu is refined with pure beechwood smoke and contains despite its spicy, strong smoky taste absolutely no smoke flavouring or curing salts.
»Take Viana Tofu and add organic wheat. Combine with garden-fresh vegetables and sophisticated spices" - and you get a delicious, meatless product! Our first-rate cooks then use their skill and imagination to give the Viana products that extra pep.
The combination of Viana tofu and organic wheat provides an optimal accessibility of the vegetable protein (wheat happens to contain a great deal of precisely the amino acid which is only in a limited amount in tofu).
Viana gives you 100% vegetable, delicious meat alternatives (sausages, burgers, mince, fried foods) in a variety of flavours. Hey are fast and easy to prepare and put fun, excitement and diversity on your menu.

The American Cancer Society has issued guidelines for the reduction of the risk of getting cancer. These are, amongst others:

• Eat predominantly vegetable foods.
• Reduce fatty foods, especially of animal origin.
• Soy and tofu are attributed with being particularly beneficial to health due to the numerous valuable substances they contain:
• The soybean consists to 35 - 40% of high-grade protein.
• Soybeans contain all eight essential amino acids, in a composition the human organism can utilise directly.
• Soy is absolutely free of cholesterol. Soy protein can support the formation of HDL-cholesterol (»good« cholesterol) in the body and reduce the amount of harmful LDL-cholesterol, which can clog the arteries.
• Soy contains a lot of Lecithin, which activates nerves and the brain.
• Soy products are a healthy and tasty alternative on the case of allergies to animal protein as well as lactose intolerance in infants, toddlers and adults.
• Tofu is an excellent source of calcium, magnesium and iron as well as the essential B-vitamins and the fat soluble Vitamin E.

All these qualities prompted the American FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to recommend a daily consumption of at least 25g of soy as a preventive against coronary heart disease, ideally spread over 4 portions. The FDA has therefore formulated a »national health target", urging all Americans to consume 25g of soy protein per day.

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