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Tempeh is a fermented food typically made from soybeans, most popular in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Tempeh is similar to tofu in providing a way to improve the digestiblity of soybeans, but different from it in nutritional characteristics and eating qualities, as tempeh's fermentation process and its retention of the whole bean give it a higher content of dietary fiber and vitamins, as well as firmer texture and stronger flavor. Other related archivesIndonesia, Southeast Asi

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Soybean(s) (U.S.) or soya bean (UK): A legume, the botanical name of which is Glycine max (L.) Merrill. It is a summer annual varying in height from less than a foot to more than 6 feet with a growth habit from stiffly erect to prostrate; cultivated varieties(cultivar) may reach a height of 3 feet or more; the seeds (soybeans) are borne in hairy-pods that grow in clusters of three to five with each pod usually containing 2 or 3 or more seeds. Soybean - Overview. The word soy is derived from th ...

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Veganism is abstention from the consumption or use of of animal products and products that have been tested on animals. An animal product in this context refers not only to meat but to any substance derived from an animal. Most vegans avoid the use of all animal products, although some vegans may avoid eating them, but may nevertheless wear clothes made of materials derived from animals, such as l ...

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Vegetarian cuisine is cookery of food that meets vegetarian ethical principles and health standards. In terms of lacto-ovo vegetarianism, which is the most common type of vegetarian in the Western world, this generally means food which excludes ingredients under which an animal must have died, such as meat, meat broth, cheeses that use animal rennet (some vegetarians will eat all cheeses and others none, because of its milk content), gelatin (from animal skin and connective tissue), and for the strictest, even some sugars that are white ...

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Some of the more-traditional vegetarian meat analogues are based on centuries-old recipes for seitan (wheat gluten), other grains such as rice, mushrooms, legumes, tempeh, and/or pressed-tofu, with flavouring to make the finished product taste like chicken, beef, lamb, ham, sausage, seafood, etc. Some of the more-recent meat analogues include textured vegetable protein (TVP, which is a dry bulk commodity derived from soy), soy concentrate, Quorn, and modified defatted peanut flour to replace meat. T ...

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Reincarnation is one basic tenet of Buddhism, and this includes rebirth of humans as other animals, and vice-versa. As a result, many Buddhists do not kill animals and many also do not eat meat. Other common reasons cited are that killing animals and/or eating their meat are a violation of the Five Precepts, bad for one's own karma, and because of a compassion for other animals. Many vegetarian Buddhists are not vegan, but for those who are vegan, such beliefs are often due to objections about the circumstances in which ...

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Nutrition authorities say that a properly planned vegan diet presents no significant nutritional problems. Supplementation is highly recommended, though to a lesser extent this applies to non-vegans, too. Drs. Fletcher and Fairfield concluded, in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) in June 2002, that "[i]t appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements." The British government's annual survey of nutritional content of food, McCance and Widdowson's 'The Composition of Foods,' notes that the 2002 nutritional profile ...

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Soybeans can be broadly classified as "vegetable" (garden) or field (oil) types. Vegetable types cook more easily, have a mild nutty flavor, better texture, are larger in size, higher in protein, and lower in oil than field types. Tofu and soymilk producers prefer the higher protein cultivars bred from vegetable soybeans originally brought to the United States in the late 1930s. The "garden" cultivars are generally not suitable for mechanical combine harvesting because they have a tendency for the pods ...

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The first thing noticed by the uninitiated after opening a pack of natto is the very strong smell, akin to strong cheese. Stirring the natto produces lots of spiderweb-like strings. The natto itself has a somewhat nutty, pleasant flavor that belies its odor. Foreigners in Japan trying natto for the first time generally tend to either love it or hate it. Natto is most commonly eaten at breakfast to accompany rice, possibly with some other ingredients, for example soy sauce, mustard, scallions, grated daikon, okra, or a raw quail egg. N ...

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These are vegetarian versions of popular dishes that non-vegetarians enjoy and are frequently consumed as fast food, comfort food, transition food for new vegetarians, or a way to show non-vegetarians that they can be vegetarians while still enjoying their favorite foods. Many vegetarians just enjoy these dishes as part of a varied diet. Some popular mock-meat dishes include: Veggie burgers (burgers usually made from grains, TVP, seitan (wheat gluten), tempeh, and/or mushrooms) In some cases, one can order a burg ...

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Soybeans can be broadly classified as "vegetable" (garden) or field(oil) types. Vegetable types cook more easily, have a mild nutty flavor, better texture, are larger in size, higher in protein, and lower in oil than field types. Tofu and soymilk producers prefer the higher protein cultivars bred from vegetable soybeans originally brought to the United States in the late 1930s. The "garden" varieties are generally not suitable for mechanical combine harvesting because they have a tendency to sh ...

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These are vegetarian versions of popular dishes that non-vegetarians enjoy and are frequently consumed as fast food, comfort food, transition food for new vegetarians, or a way to show non-vegetarians that they can be vegetarians while still enjoying their favorite foods. Many vegetarians just enjoy these dishes as part of a varied diet. Some popular mock-meat dishes include: Veggie burgers (burgers usually made from grains, TVP, seitan (wheat gluten), tempeh, and/or mushrooms) In some cases, one can order a burg ...

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Since methionine is an essential amino acid, it cannot be synthesized in humans. However, in plants and microorganisms, methionine is synthesized from aspartic acid and cysteine. First, aspartic acid is converted to β-aspartyl-semialdehyde, an important intermediate in the biosynthesis of methionine, lysine, and, threonine. Of homoserine by homoserine acyltransferase, puts a good leaving group on homoserine allowing it to react with cysteine to produce cystathionine. Enzymatic cleavage of cystathionine yilds homocysteine, which can then be ...

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The word soy is derived from the Japanese word shoyu (soy sauce/soya sauce. "It is never correct to say "bean" when you mean to say, soybean", just as it is never correct to say "dirt" when you mean to say soil:* Smith,A.K. and Circle,S.J.1972. Soybeans: Chemistry and Technology. AVI publishing* Soybean - Origin. Soybeans originated in Eastern Asia and were used there as food long before written records; and first introduced to the United States early in the 19th century where it was first grown for hay. The progenitor of the modern soybean was a vine-like p ...

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Soybean - Protein. Soybeans are a source of complete protein. A complete protein is one that contains significant amounts of all the essential amino acids that must be provided to the human body because of the body's inability to synthesize them. For this reason, soy is important to many vegetarians and vegans. Soy protein is similar to that of other legume seeds, but has the highest yield per square meter of growing area, and it's the least expensive source of dietary protein. The only non-legume to have an almost identical protein profile to soy is the cereal oat (A ...

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People become vegan for a variety of reasons, including concern for animals, personal health, or the environment. Veganism - Ethics. The ethics of veganism are defined by the British Vegan Society as "[A] philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude — as far as is possible and practical — all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose." [9] Vegans generally oppose what they see as violence and cruelty involved in the meat, [10], dairy, non-vegan cosmetics, clothing, and other industries. (See Draize test, LD50, Animal test ...

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For more information see Wiki-cookbook article on Vegan Cuisine [19]. The cuisines of most nations contain dishes that are plant-based (and therefore suitable for a vegan diet) as are specific traditional ingredients, e.g. tofu, tempeh and the wheat product seitan in Asian diets. Also, according to Sturtivants Edible Plants of the World [20], there are 2,897 plants that may be used for food. Therefore, the variety of vegan food availabl ...

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There [are] several diets similar to veganism, though there are significant differences, including fruitarianism, the raw food diet, the macrobiotic diet and Natural Hygiene. There are also numerous religious groups that regularly or occasionally practice a similar diet, including Jainism, some sects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and some Christian churches such as the Eastern Orthodox church and Seventh-day Adventist Church. More recently, many young people who subscribe to the anarcho-punk or straight edge punk movements have embraced vega ...

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