Company history
Our Heritage
Vitasoy began making soymilk over 64 years ago in Hong Kong, when Dr K.S.Lo created a nutritious, high protein and vitamin-rich drink made from soy beans.
The soy bean - sometimes known as "the cow of China” - has been a staple of traditional Asian cuisine for over 3,000 years. Vitasoy was responsible for bringing a nutritious soymilk within reach of the mass market by selling door to door, and through retail outlets.
The first soymilk production plant for Vitasoy was officially opened on 9th March 1940 and in 1953 Vitasoy began heat treating their soymilk so that it no longer needed refrigeration. Since then Vitasoy has become a household name and the leading supplier of soymilk in Hong Kong. Sales boomed again in 1975 with the introduction of new Tetra-Brik packaging, which together with long life (Ultra Heat Treatment) processing, ensured that Vitasoy products could be kept for months with all of their flavour and quality intact.
In the late 1970s and early 80s, Vitasoy began exporting products, allowing Vitasoy soymilk to be readily available in over 30 markets.
In 2001, Vitasoy Australia Products Pty Ltd (VAP) was created as a joint venture between Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. and National Foods Ltd. The joint venture commissioned and built a state of the art production facility in Wodonga, Victoria.
Today, Vitasoy International Holdings is a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong with production facilities located in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia and the U.S.A.
Vitasoy International Holdings is a dynamic, international organisation setting new standards of quality and innovation wherever its products are sold.