Soy flour is a gluten-free flour made from soybeans that contains a particularly large amount of protein. In this guide you can read about the other nutrients in soy flour and how you can use it in the kitchen.
Soy flour: nutritional values
Depending on the type of soy flour, the nutritional values differ primarily with regard to the fat content. A full-fat soy flour consists of about 21 percent fat, while half-fat soy flour usually only contains 10 percent fat.
Bauckhof’s full-fat organic soy flour has the following nutritional values per 100 grams:
Calories: 436 kcal
Fat: 21g
… of which saturated fatty acids: 3.3 g
Carbohydrates: 13 g
… of which sugar: 5.4 g
Dietary fiber: 10 g
Egg white: 45 g
Production of soy flour
Soy flour is made from whole soybeans. Manufacturers clean and peel the soybeans before crushing them. Then they can be ground into flour. In most cases, however, the crushed soybeans are first roasted before they are ground. Soy flour made this way is also called full-fat soy flour.
Alternatively, there are also partially defatted soy flours, which are a by-product of soy oil production. The soybeans are pressed and de-oiled. So-called half-fat or low-fat soy flour is then obtained from the press cake.
Soy flour is so healthy
A look at the nutritional value table shows that soy flour is particularly rich in protein with 45 percent protein. For comparison: wholemeal spelled flour consists of 14 percent protein and even chickpea flour “only” makes it to just under 21 percent.
In addition to the protein content, the protein composition also makes soy flour an ideal source of vegetable protein: soy flour contains all the essential amino acids and is therefore comparable to animal protein.
Unlike most other flours, soy flour has a very high fat content. Around 80 percent of the fats contained in soybeans are the healthy unsaturated fatty acids. The content of important omega-3 fatty acids is also comparatively high.
Soy flour also contains vitamin B2, folic acid (vitamin B9), calcium and iron.
Thanks to these ingredients, soy flour is considered particularly healthy. Because of its high protein content, soy flour is an important part of the diet, especially for athletes and vegans.
Some people also suffer from a soy allergy.
