Soy isn’t just tofu and soy sauce. It’s in your chicken (via feed), your salmon (aquaculture feed), your chocolate (soy lecithin), and your margarine (soybean oil). Starting December 30, 2025, every soy-derived ingredient needs deforestation-free proof. For the crop driving Amazon and Cerrado deforestation, EUDR compliance is make-or-break.

The Soy Reality Check

• 75% of global soy becomes animal feed.
• Brazil exports 83 million tons annually.
• Cerrado savanna: 4x more soy deforestation than the Amazon.
• Supply chains: Often 3-4 intermediaries between farm and end user.

Why Soy Is EUDR’s Stealth Bomber

Most companies don’t realize they’re importing soy:

• Animal Products: Chicken, pork, salmon, eggs (all fed soy).
• Food Ingredients: Lecithin, protein isolates, oils.
• Industrial Uses: Biodiesel, adhesives, coatings.

You might be a soy importer without knowing it.

The Brazilian Soy Machine

• Farm Level: Massive properties (1,000+ hectares common).
• Elevator/Storage: Regional facilities blend multiple farms.
• Exporters: Major trading companies (Cargill, ADM, etc.).
• End Users: Often don’t know original farm sources.

Soy’s Unique EUDR Challenges

• Scale: Individual farms can be 10,000+ hectares.
• Expansion: Continuous pressure to clear new land.
• Blending: Massive storage facilities mix multiple sources.
• Derivatives: Soy becomes dozens of different products.
• The “Indirect” Problem: The EUDR holds you responsible for soy even if it’s an ingredient in something else, like the feed for the livestock you import. This is a critical point that requires a new way of thinking about your supply chain.

What Soy Importers Get Wrong

• Not realizing they import soy (via animal products).
• Assuming certified soy equals EUDR compliance.
• Ignoring Cerrado deforestation (focusing only on Amazon).
• Not tracing back to the farm level through trading companies.
• Underestimating the data requirements for derivatives. Tracing soy lecithin, for example, is more complicated than tracing a bag of soybeans. The due diligence must be product-specific.

What you don’t know about soy can definitely hurt you.

Your soy might come from a large-scale compliant farm, but it can be mixed with non-compliant product during transport or processing.

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