History of Soyabean - Ruchihealth.com

History of soyabeans is as old over 4000 years, over 2000 years before birth of Christ. Chinese cultivators are said to recognized the real health value of this great yellow jewel. Chinese Emperor Shen-nong declared it as one of the five sacred crops. He compiled earliest known medical treatise, which is translated as The Medical Bible of Yellow Emperor. He researched the healing properties of over 100 plants and considered the soyabean as most significant. It has been an important food ingredient of China, Manchuria, Japan, Korea, Malaysia over centuries. Though it originated from South West Asia, now it is grown all over the world. It is becoming increasingly popular in Europe and US among health and diet conscious people.

In India Madhya Pradesh tops the list of soyabean producing states. Nearly 88 % of soyabean is produced in the state. During 1997-98 total soyabean production in the state was 49.19 metric tonnes which was about 84.2 % of the total produce but since then the production has gone up because of the more agriculture area coverage. Main varieties grown are Punjab-1, Braig, Ankur, Gaurav and Jawahar.

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What does Soyabean Contain?

Analysis of contents of soyabeans shows that it contains following ingredients:-

Protein                                           50 %        Max
Oil                                               1.5 %       Max
Moisture                                       08%         Max
Protein dispersibility Index            30 to 40 %
Nitrogen solubility   Index                 50 %
Fibre                                              4 %          Max
Calories                                          350 %

With 50 % proteins\ gm, it is 2 times more richer than pulses (dals) or peanuts, 3 times richer than eggs and 11 times richer than milk. Besides soya foods are rich source of vitamin B complex and contains essential minerals like magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium and copper.

Value per 100 gm of edible protein

Soya food                                    50 %
Cereals                                       8 to 11 %
Ground nut                                  25 %
Pulses \ dals                               25 %
Eggs                                          14 %

Nutritious value of Soyabean ( Per 100 gms of Soyabeans )
Calories                                     432
Complete Protein                        43.2 gm
Fat                                            10.50 gm
Carbohydrates                            20.90 gm
Calcium                                     240 mg
Phosphorus                                690 mg
Iron                                            11.50 mg
Carotene (Vitamin A )                  426 mg
Small quantity of Vitamin B

Thus soyabeans not only provides protein rich balanced food for various category of people of various age groups but also the safe, healthy, nutritive food as an alternative to number of food material. Ruchi Soya Industries Limited with its accumulated experience, technical expertise provides best varieties of the ingredients of national and international standard.