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- ↑ Shurtleff, William and Akiko Aoyagi Work with Soy - A Special Exhibit - The History of Soy Pioneers Around the World, unpublished manuscript, SoyInfoCenter.com, Central Soya Company (2004)
- ↑ Wyman, Carolyn (2004). Better Than Homemade: Amazing Foods That Changed The Way We Eat . Quirk Books. pp. 50–52. ISBN 1931686424
- ↑ Jones, Geoffrey (2005). Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition. Oxford University Press. pp. 102–03. ISBN 0199269432
- ↑ (27 January 1977). "Filbert's president resigns over move to Fort Wayne, Ind.", The Baltimore Sun ("Walter Scott, Jr.. has resigned as president of JH Filbert, Inc. ...")