Soya

• Soya beans are legumes
• Examples of legumes

  • peas
  • lentils
  • beans
• Examples of soya products

  • soya milk
  • miso
  • soy sauce
  • soya flour
  • tempeh
• Soya milk


  made by soaking dries beans, then grinding in water
• Soy sauce


  produced from boiled soya beans
• Miso


  a paste made of fermented soya bean
• Soya flour


  dry soya beans are ground into flour
• Tempeh


  a patty made out of cooked and fermented soya beans
• Forms of soya beans

  • fresh
  • dried
  • canned
• Storing soya beans

  • in a cool, dry cupboard for canned and dries soya
  • keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container after opening
• Nutritional value of soya beans

  • High biological value (HBV) protein
  • magnesium
  • calcium
  • fibre (when minced)
• Edamame beans

  • young soya beans
  • are often eaten fresh
• Colours of soya beans

  • green
  • black
  • yellow
  • brown