About Heartland Fields

Our Vision

Heartland Fields is an innovative developer and global marketer of superior soyfood products.

The Company

An Iowa based LLC organized April 2000 founded by John A. Schillinger, Ph.D.

• B.S. & M.S. degrees in agronomy, University of Maryland
• Ph.D. in crop science, Michigan State University
• Assistant Professor, soybean breeding, University of Maryland
• Executive Director of Global Research, Asgrow Seed Co.
• Co-president Asgrow/Hartz Seed Company

We provide high quality soybean-soyfood products through a vertically integrated "seed-to-plate" business model:

• Selected Soybean Grain
• Unique Processing
• Unique Flavoring
• Heartland Fields Branded Products

Heartland Fields™ represents the finest quality soyfoods available. The soybeans in our products are grown especially for Heartland Fields by farmers we know, and processed by people who care about quality and purity. No other soyfood company knows more about the quality of the soybeans that go into their products, or works so hard to ensure the benefits and enjoyment they offer.

Our Beans - The Difference

• Better soyfoods start with better beans - Heartland Fields takes extra care in the development of each of its unique soyfood products from seed to plate. We start with superior soybeans from selected varieties. Varieties are chosen for their natural components that influence taste, texture and nutrition, as well as for purity from genetically modified organisms, and whether or not they can be produced in organic production systems.
• Selected varieties that influence taste, texture and nutrition
• Free from genetically modified organisms
• Heartland Grown/Identity Preserved - Heartland Fields grain is produced under either recognized certified organic production systems or under approved traditional production practices by our carefully chosen farmer producers from the Heartland. Then we process the beans in small batches to preserve their identity. That gives you added assurance of quality and purity. Each person under the Heartland Fields’ umbrella is dedicated to quality - from seed to plate. You can trust Heartland Fields and know you are buying the highest quality soyfood available.
• Carefully chosen farmer producers
• Recognized certified organic production systems or
• Approved traditional production practices
• Small batches to preserve identity
• Gentle processing preserves taste and healthfulness - Heartland Fields soybeans are processed using technologies totally free of chemicals. The beans in other companies’ soyfoods are often processed with a chemical called hexane, which alters flavor and strips the soybeans of some of their healthful isoflavones. Our chemical-free process maintains the wholesome components of soy while preserving the natural goodness.
• Chemical-free processing
• Maintains wholesome components of soy while preserving the natural goodness

Heartland Fields ties all these elements together in the final stages of preparing the best tasting soyfoods you’ve ever eaten. Innovative ideas, flavor research, fresh ingredients, and healthy recipes bring goodness to your table fully cooked and ready to serve. Taste, convenience and healthfulness come from our fields to your table, from Heartland Fields.

Better Soyfoods from the Ground Up!

Better soyfoods start with better beans
All soybeans are not created equal. Most are meant for animal feed. Our sister company, Schillinger Seed, develops soybean varieties specifically for people to eat in soyfoods made and sold only by Heartland Fields. The beany taste is gone. The protein is 33% higher than the protein content of standard soybeans.

Soybeans are grown by farmers we know and trust
Only selected farmers produce our soy grain in identity-preserved management systems so that Heartland Fields can assure the highest quality. We know every seed lot, every field and every step used to produce the patented, good-for-you, all-natural soybeans that go into our soyfoods.

Natural processing preserves all the healthful goodness of soy.
Heartland Fields uses no chemicals. Only heat, water and pressure are used to convert the clean soybeans to low-fat flour and then to High Protein Textured Soy\^® (HPTS^®). The HPTS^® is shaped into various forms and densities, which are quickly rehydrated with non-animal natural flavors and used in delicious, nutritious, frozen, Ready-to-Heat-and-Serve Soy Entrées. They contain the wholesome components of soy with preserved natural goodness and healthfulness.

The result is a new generation of soyfoods.
Innovative ideas, new technology, product development and research. A-all bring the natural goodness of soy to the forefront in taste. Fully cooked and Ready-to-Heat-and-Serve means good taste and convenience.

Healthy Never Tasted So Good!

Heartland Fields™ represents the finest quality soyfoods available. The soybeans in our products are grown especially for Heartland Fields by farmers we know, and processed by people who care about quality and purity.

No other soyfood company knows more about the quality of the soybeans that go into their products, or works so hard to ensure the benefits and enjoyment they offer.

Discover the Heartland Fields difference. We know you will enjoy our healthy products.