Bean, soya, canned, drained

Small oval shaped, creamy yellow coloured beans with a floury texture from the pod of soybean plant. Beans canned in sweetened brine, then drained.

The majority of nutrients including proximates, minerals and vitamins were derived from a composite sample of 6 purchases (3 each x Sanitarium Health Foods and Master Foods) of canned soya beans from supermarkets in SA in 1989 (AGAL, 1990). Fatty acids were imputed from the raw, uncooked soya bean samples (AGAL, 1990). Phytoestrogens (Diadzein and Genistein) were derived from canned soya bean samples (3x Master Foods brand) in 1999 (Hutabarat et al.2001). Cholesterol, vitamin C and retinol were imputed zero based on scientific literature. Folate was likely to be underestimated due to method of analysis used.