{
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Soy",
      "url": "https://ourworldindata.org/soy",
      "canonical": "https://thebalanceofhealth.com/sources/ritchie-2021-soy-drivers-of-deforestation",
      "status": "reviewed"
    }
  ],
  "title": "More than three-quarters of the world's soy is fed to livestock; only around 7% is eaten directly by people.",
  "url": "https://thebalanceofhealth.com/claims/most-soy-is-fed-to-animals-not-people",
  "publisher": "The Balance of Health",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "record": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "id": "claim-soy-mostly-fed-to-animals",
    "slug": "most-soy-is-fed-to-animals-not-people",
    "statement": "More than three-quarters of the world's soy is fed to livestock; only around 7% is eaten directly by people.",
    "shortAnswer": "Soy grown for tofu and soy milk is a small slice of the total. Most soy feeds chickens, pigs and cows.",
    "pillarIds": [
      "environment"
    ],
    "topicIds": [
      "deforestation",
      "land-use"
    ],
    "keyStatisticId": "stat-soy-fed-to-animals",
    "explanation": [
      "Most soybeans are crushed into oil and meal. The meal, which is most of the bean by weight, goes to animal feed.",
      "Soy for direct human food is a small share, and most of it is not grown in deforestation frontiers."
    ],
    "rating": {
      "strength": "strong",
      "rationale": "Trade and production data from FAO and supply-chain trackers agree on the broad split."
    },
    "sourceIds": [
      "src-ritchie-2021-soy"
    ],
    "limitations": [
      "How to allocate impacts between oil and meal is a judgement call that affects exact percentages."
    ],
    "methodology": [
      "FAO food balance sheets and supply-chain data (Trase) on soy end uses."
    ]
  }
}