Japanese cruiser Soya name was taken from the northernmost cape of Hokkaidō, Soya Misaki. After being placed into Japanese service as a 3rd class cruiser, "Soya" was used primarily for training duties. From 14 March 1909 to 7 August 1909, it made a long distance navigational and officer cadet training cruise to Hawaii and North America. It repeated this training cruise every year until 1913. During World War I Russia and Japan became allies and "Soya" (along with several other vessels) was transferred back to Russia at Vladivostok on 5 April 1916, and its original name of "Varyag" restored. Japanese cruiser Soya "Varyag"
Little Soya deal with United Natural Foods, based out of Providence, Rhode Island. United Natural Foods is one of the nation's largest food distributors. In 2013 Little Soya began to pivot to handle more and more food service orders for chefs and restaurants around the United States by offering their new 5 gallon and half gallon containers used for cooking in the back of the house. This came as a result of chefs tasting Little Soya in Las Vegas and at various grocery stores and quickly deciding that Little Soya is truly better tasting than the other brands. Little Soya is now