Fava beans contain protein (28.2%), a small amount of fat (0.8%) and a large amount of carbohydrates (48.6%) in addition to vitamin B, and vitamin B2. Protein in the beans is also a complete protein, the physiological value of the slightly lower than soybeans, but the content of carbohydrates is higher, and therefore is an important source of calories.
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Eating
Fresh fava beans can be cooked and eaten, dried fava beans deep processing is mostly snacks, such as strange flavored caraway beans, five spice beans, canned fava beans, fava bean sauce, fava bean bean milk, fried fava beans, Puffed fava beans, boiled fava beans and so on. The use of fava beans through the use of high salt dilution process brewing fava bean soy sauce. Fava beans are processed with by-products such as skins and pods that are generally used as waste or feed. Fava beans are used in the production of broad bean starch and broad bean protein concentrate, the production process mainly uses pneumatic sorting method, the peeled broad beans ground into powder, in the pneumatic sorting machine on the sorting into protein-rich broad bean protein powder and broad bean starch. Fava bean starch can also be used in the production of processed vermicelli and vermicelli.
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Fava bean disease is due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient people consume fava beans or fava bean products or even through breast milk and the occurrence of acute intravascular hemolytic anemia. It occurs in toddlers and children and is more common in males. Fava bean disease does not occur every time you eat fava beans, and is not related to the amount of food eaten, so there may be an undetermined factor involved in the development of fava bean disease, avoiding the consumption of fava beans and the use of oxidizing drugs can reduce the incidence of hemolysis.
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