"Almost one-half of all infants died before their first birthday," Kay recalls, "and those who survived had thin limbs and protruding bellies. This represented a serious health problem." Kay began to think about introducing the Asian custom of eating soy products to the area.
「約有一半的幼兒未滿一歲就夭折，即使存活下來，『細細的腳桿上挺著大肚子』，健康狀況極度不佳，」郭惠二說，他開始思索將亞洲人食用黃豆的習慣引進該地。