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Soybean
Soybeans can become soy milk, tofu, tempeh, miso, edamame and more — one bean, dozens of foods.
💪 13g protein per 100g💪 Protein🌾 Fibre🩸 Iron🦴 Calcium🧠 Omega-3 fats
How it grows
In fuzzy pods on a bushy plant about a metre tall.
Where it came from
East Asia, farmed for over 3,000 years.
🚚 From field to plate
- 1. Seed planted
- 2. Pods fill with beans
- 3. Harvest
- 4. Soaked and ground into soy milk
- 5. Set into tofu
- 6. Shop
- 7. Your plate
🤓 Fun facts
- Around three quarters of the world's soy is fed to farmed animals.
- Edamame are just young soybeans.
- Tofu was invented in China around 2,000 years ago.
