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Soy bean

Glycine max

Beans & pulses · Fabaceae family

  • 446kcal
  • 36.5 gprotein
  • 9.3 gfibre

Per 100 g, raw.

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What 100 g is made of

  • Protein 36.5 g
  • Fat 19.9 g
  • Carbohydrate 30.2 g
  • Water and other 13.4 g

“Water and other” is what is left of 100 g after protein, fat and carbohydrate (mostly water, plus ash).

Vitamins and minerals in 100 g

Bars show the share of the US adult daily value. The rank compares 260 ingredients.

Where it comes from

Native to: Eastern Asia

  1. 1200sSoybeans were cultivated in Indonesia by the 13th century, and may have arrived earlier.Indonesia
  2. 1760Soybeans were cultivated in Turin by 1760.Italy
  3. 1765Soybeans reached North America from China in 1765.Northern America
  4. 1779Soybeans were cultivated in France by 1779, possibly earlier.France
  5. 1857Soybeans entered Africa through Egypt in 1857.Egypt
  6. 1879Domesticated soybeans arrived in Australia from Japan in 1879.Australia
  7. 1882Soybeans first reached South America in Argentina in 1882.Argentina

Used in GlobeCooks dishes from: Asia (2)

Native range and history are drawn from Wikipedia and Wikidata by GlobeCooks.

More beans & pulses

Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (food 174270), public domain. Identity: Wikidata Q61503220. Compiled by GlobeCooks.

Soy bean: nutrition per 100 g and where it comes from · Open Data Finder