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The Guantánamo Dairy Products Company announced that it will soon resume the production of soy yogurt for children aged seven to 13, as reported by the official newspaper Venceremos.
The product, which will be sold for 50 pesos per packet in the stores, will initially be available only in the provincial capital.
Unlike previous cycles—where production relied almost entirely on imports of soybeans—this time, the resumption would be based on local planting, cultivation, and harvesting of the grain in the province itself.
The reaction on social media to the announcement from Guantánamo was a mix of irony, skepticism, and cautious hope. One user summed up the general sentiment with sarcasm: "Oh look, another achievement of the revolution." Others bitterly recalled previous versions of the product.
Let's hope it's yogurt and not some weird tasteless liquid, a little respect for what the children and those who purchase it will consume," wrote a person in the comments.
Many shared the same concern: "Hopefully, when it starts, it won't have so much water," and "As long as it's not too salty or too watery," noted other users.
Skepticism about whether the production will actually materialize was also evident. "That's news. Besides, it will be when the soy is produced or harvested; that's yet to be seen... hopefully," another commentator noted. From Moa, someone joked, "Then we'll be drinking nickel yogurt here."
There were those who simply expressed disbelief: “Is it true?” and “God let it be true,” wrote two users, reflecting the skepticism accumulated after years of broken promises.
The announcement comes at a time of severe food crisis in Guantánamo.
According to the Food Monitor Program, the province is one of the five with critical levels of food insecurity in Cuba, affecting 78.7% of its households.
The wheat mills are inactive, regulated bread is only available to children under 13, and prolonged blackouts are ruining the little food that is available.
The national outlook is not any better. The Cuban Parliament reported in April 2026 a reduction of 10,000 tons in the national production of soy yogurt, and more than 100,000 children across the island are not receiving their daily ration of milk due to a lack of fuel for transportation.
In 2025 and 2026, the regime acknowledged that it was unable to acquire the necessary soybeans and that a private company had to intervene to sustain part of the state production.
The history of soy yogurt in Cuba is long and tumultuous. Introduced in 1993 during the Special Period as a substitute for milk due to foreign currency shortages, its production has been intermittent ever since.
In 2021, the government replaced it with a shake mix due to the inability to guarantee its availability.
In January 2024, the production in Sancti Spíritus came to a complete halt due to a lack of raw materials, leaving thousands of children without food.
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