Soybeans

Soybeans are a staple food for people all over the world, so demand tends to be high. It is classified as an oilseed rather than a pulse due to its high oil content and its more popular use as a source of vegetable oil and industrial applications such as biodiesel. ​

It has a raft of applications including a source of vegetable oil for human food and industrial uses, as a valued protein source in livestock production, for use in preparing a range of human foods such as traditional foods like tofu and soy milk as well as novel uses as a protein isolate and for textured protein. Soybean also has an almost endless application in industrial products such lubricants, plastics, waxes and a range of intermediate chemicals including fatty acids. And in more recent times, soybean has been recognized for its health and well being properties and is now used in a range of nutrition bars, cereals, pasta and baked goods.