What are the benefits of yuba to the human body? How to choose yuba

Yuba, also known as yuba, is a traditional bean food of the Han nationality and a common food ingredient in Chinese regions. It has a unique bean flavor. It contains a variety of minerals, supplements calcium, prevents osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency, and promotes bone development. It concentrates the essence of soybeans and is the nutritional champion among soy products. Next, let's learn about the benefits of yuba to the human body.

Contents of this article

1. What are the benefits of yuba to the human body?

2. How to choose yuba

3. Does soaked yuba have high calories?

What are the benefits of yuba to the human body

Yuba is a product with a certain structure composed of soybean protein membrane and fat. It has high nutritional value, is easy to store and convenient to eat, and is deeply favored by consumers at home and abroad.

Yuba contains a variety of minerals, supplements calcium, prevents osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency, promotes bone development, and concentrates the essence of soybeans. It is the nutritional champion among soy products. Eating yuba regularly can improve brain function and prevent Alzheimer's disease, prevent vascular sclerosis, protect the heart, reduce blood cholesterol levels, and prevent hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis. It has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm, and is suitable for almost everyone.

How to choose yuba

1. Color identification

Good quality yuba is light yellow and shiny. Substandard yuba is darker or white, pure white, and dull. Inferior yuba is grayish yellow, dark yellow or yellowish brown, dark and dull.

2. Identify by appearance

Good quality yuba is in the shape of branches or leaves, brittle and easy to break, hollow when broken, and free of mold, impurities, or insects. Inferior quality yuba is in the shape of branches or leaves, with more broken branches or pieces, and more solid strips. Inferior quality yuba has mold, insects, and impurities.

3. Identify by smell

Good quality yuba has the inherent fragrance of yuba, without any other peculiar smell. The inherent fragrance of inferior yuba is bland. Inferior yuba has bad odors such as moldy, sour and other foreign odors.

4. Identify by taste

Good quality yuba has the inherent fresh and fragrant taste of yuba. Inferior quality yuba has a bland taste. Inferior quality yuba has an unpleasant taste such as bitterness, astringency or sourness.

Is soaked yuba high in calories?

Yuba is very high in calories

The calories of yuba (based on 100 grams of edible part) are 459 kcal (1920 kilojoules).

The calories in every 100 grams of yuba account for about 20% of the total daily calorie intake recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society for an average adult to stay healthy.

Yuba is a soy product made by grinding soybeans, boiling them, condensing and drying them. Yuba is made by picking the skin from the pot, straightening it, rolling it into a rod shape, and drying it.

Dry products are high in protein and very little water, so the calories are naturally high.

1. Yuba is rich in protein and has high nutritional value.

2. The lecithin it contains can remove cholesterol attached to the blood vessel walls, prevent blood vessel sclerosis, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and protect the heart.

3. It contains a variety of minerals, supplements calcium, prevents osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency, promotes bone development, and is extremely beneficial to the bone growth of children and the elderly.

4. It is also rich in iron and is easily absorbed by the human body, and has a certain effect on iron deficiency anemia.