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Our world in data has compiled data from the FAO (a project of the UN), and shown the breakdown of the global use of soy:
![img](https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2021/02/Global-soy-production-to-end-use.png)
tofu = 2.6
soy_milk = 2.1
other_eg_tempeh = 2.2
oil = 13.2
poultry = 37
pig = 20.2
aquaculture = 5.6
other_animals = 4.9
dairy = 1.4
beef = 0.5
pets = 0.5
soybeans_fed_directly_to_livestock = 7
biodiesel = 2.8
lubricants = .3
other_industrial = 0.7
# RESULTS:
it looks like if we total them up, we actually get 101%.
total = other_industrial lubricants biodiesel soybeans_fed_directly_to_livestock pets beef dairy other_animals aquaculture pig poultry oil other_eg_tempeh soy_milk tofu
print(total)
# RESULTS:
: 101.0
we can use these numbers, anyway.
so how much of the total soybean crop is used for soybean oil?
non_oil_food_uses = other_eg_tempeh soy_milk tofu
percentage_of_beans_pressed_for_oil = total - non_oil_food_uses - soybeans_fed_directly_to_livestock
print(percentage_of_beans_pressed_for_oil)
# RESULTS:
: 87.1
and we can check this against the amount of soy meal that is produced as a byproduct of oil production with a little reasoning: a soybean is about 20% oil, so lets see what 80% of 87.1% is
oil_in_a_soybean = 20/100
meal_produced_from_a_soybean_pressed_for_oil = 80/100
how_much_meal_is_produced_globally = percentage_of_beans_pressed_for_oil * meal_produced_from_a_soybean_pressed_for_oil
print(how_much_meal_is_produced_globally)
# RESULTS:
: 69.67999999999999
well god damn. that's what the FAO said we fed to livestock!
so almost all soy (87%) is pressed for oil, and the industrial waste is fed to livestock.
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