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A Bean Story
What grows in a pod and can be called the "super bean"?
A soybean! A soybean is a hard, dry bean that can be yellow, black or brown. Soybeans belong to the family of legumes - the same family as peas and lentils. Soybeans can be called the "super bean" because there are so many ways to use them.
Soy Food is Good Food
Soybeans can be made into lots of things! Have you ever tasted a soybean? Maybe you haven't tasted a whole soybean, but you have probably tasted many foods that have soy to make them high quality. Soybeans can be made into foods like soy sauce or soy milk. Soybeans also can be turned into ingredients used in noodles, breads, meat patties, peanut butter spreads, sports drinks and many other foods.
To find out if your favorite food has soybeans in it, just look on the label. You may see soy flour, soy protein, soy isolate or soy oil. All of these ingredients are made from soybeans!
Soy Nutrition
Soybeans and soyfoods are tasty and guess what? They are good for you, too. Soy has many vitamins and minerals and is high in protein and fiber. Foods made with soy can help you grow strong and give you lots of energy. Because soy has so much to offer, it is a good product to include in meals. In fact, your school lunch may have soy ingredients. You can find soy everywhere because soy can make foods better and make your lunch even more nutritious!
The Story of Soy
Soybeans have been a favorite food in many parts of the world for more
than 5,000 years. In fact, the people living in ancient China were growing
soybeans in the year 2800 B.C. Traders, missionaries and maybe even sailors
helped bring soybeans to the rest of the world. Farmers in the United States
first grew soybeans in 1829. During the Civil War, soldiers used soybeans
as "coffee berries" to brew coffee because real coffee was hard
to find. More than 100 years later, U.S. farmers harvest more than 2 billion
bushels of soybeans, making the U.S. soybean crop the largest in the world!