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title: Get acquainted with soya flour and grits
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-acquainted-with-soya-flour-and-grits-1943/
description: Food-substitute poster headed 'Get acquainted with Soya Flour and Grits', with three claims (protein at low cost, minerals and B vitamins.
section: Collection
---

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# Get acquainted with soya flour and grits

Food-substitute poster headed 'Get acquainted with Soya Flour and Grits', with three claims (protein at low cost, minerals and B vitamins, a good mixer) and a drawing of a woman shopper holding a box of soya grits beside vegetable bins. The tell for card-stacking is that only benefits are listed; the shopper figure is an ordinary housewife (plain-folks).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Get acquainted with
SOYA FLOUR and GRITS

Why is Soya a valuable
addition to our food supply?
Because ...

Soya is rich in good quality
PROTEIN at low cost...

Soya provides minerals .....
B vitamins... food energy

Soya is a good mixer.

Try Soya grits with
meat, fish, and eggs.
Try Soya flour in
breads, soups, and
sandwich spreads.

[on boxes and signs:] SOYA GRITS; SOYA FLOUR; POTATOES; CARROTS

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—556751
"Get Acquainted with Soya Flour and Grits"
Poster No. 1
BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION
AND HOME ECONOMICS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
```

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