Bean, soya, dried, boiled, drained

Small oval shaped, creamy yellow coloured beans with a floury texture from the pod of soybean plant. Dried beans soaked, boiled in unsalted water, then drained.

The majority of nutrients including proximates, minerals and vitamins were derived from a composite sample of 6 purchases (2x McKenzies, and 4x unbranded) of dried soya beans from supermarkets in SA in 1989 (AGAL, 1990). The beans were soaked overnight, boiled in unsalted water until tender then drained, cooled and a homogenised sample was used for analysis. Fatty acids were imputed from the raw, uncooked soya bean samples (AGAL, 1990). Cholesterol and retinol were imputed zero based on scientific literature. Folate was borrowed from USDA, reference 16109. Note low sum of proximates - data should be used with caution.