Fava beans starch content of up to 48%, and mainly straight chain starch, low fat content, only 0.8%, not easy to grow fat.

Beans contain high protein content, good quality, its nutritional value is close to animal protein, is the best plant protein.

Amino acid composition is close to the body's needs, is a good source of protein in our people's diet. Beans contain the highest fat to soybeans, up to 18%, and thus can be used as raw materials for cooking oil, other beans contain less fat.

Legumes contain sugar to fava beans, adzuki beans, mung beans, peas content is higher, for 50% to 60%, soybean sugar content is less, about 25% or so. Therefore, the calories supplied by beans are also quite high.

Vitamins in beans are most abundant in B vitamins, which are more abundant than cereals. There is also a small amount of carotene. Beans are rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium and other inorganic salts, is a rare dietary high potassium, high magnesium, low sodium food.

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A, the nutrient composition of fava beans

Fava beans are extremely rich in nutrients, the protein content of an average of 30%, is the edible legumes second only to soybean high-protein crops, is considered to be an important source of plant protein. Fava bean protein in a complete range of amino acids, 8 essential amino acids, in addition to methionine and tryptophan content is slightly lower, the remaining 6 kinds of content are high, especially rich in lysine.

Saturated fatty acids accounted for 11.4%, unsaturated fatty acids accounted for 88.6%. Fava beans have a full range of minerals, including sulfur 0.23%, phosphorus 1.2%, iron 0.5%, magnesium 0.14%, calcium 0.19%, but also an important source of vitamins, niacin nutrition. Therefore, compared with the characteristics of soybean high protein, rich in fat, fava beans is a high protein, low fat, rich in starch crop.

Two, nutritional value

Fava beans brain. Fava beans are nutritious, rich in dietary fiber, calcium, potassium, carotene and other healthful nutrients. It also contains an important component of the brain and nervous tissue phospholipids and rich in choline, memory enhancement, brain function.

Fava beans also benefit the qi and spleen, diuresis and swelling and other effects, especially suitable for summer heat and moisture heavy summer consumption. Young broad beans can be cooked and eaten directly, and old broad beans can be used to cook rice and porridge.

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