[Music] at this upscale restaurant in the foodie meca sa Pao a novel star ingredient is being served tofu despite being the world’s top producer of soybeans Brazilians eat rather little of it making soy a pricey Niche offering that’s in part because most of Brazil’s soybeans are grown to be exported to Asia and Europe to fatten up livestock and 98% of it is genetically modified to withstand the heavy use of herbicide all of that has added to a stigma in the local market so most food companies offering tofu and soy milk to choosy Brazilians rely on expensive parallel farming of non-GMO soybeans or imported products from as far off as Japan that’s push up the price of soil you do find here in Brazil Brazilians making minimum wage would need to Fork over a full day’s pay for just 250 g of tofu