date:Jun 02, 2016
Soybean source of soy protein
Since 1960s, soybean has been recognised as rich source of unsaturated vegetable oil. Soybean oil is one of the leading vegetable oils around the world and mostly used for cooking in Asia. It has been reported the presence of 37% protein, 18% oil, 15% soluble carbohydrate, 15% insoluble carbohydrate and 14% moisture in dried soybean. Although, it contains 37% protein but was mostly used for edible oil. Recently, soybean is also used as protein source in the prepara