SOYBEAN

Used for forage and soil improvement and as food

• Hoisin sauce ingredient

• In protein source

• Legume used for fodder

• Miso ingredient

• Oil source

• Protein source

• Protein-rich legume

• Sauce source

• Seed used to make miso soup

• Source of eco-friendly ink

• Source of lecithin

• Source of oil

• Source of oil and food

• Third-leading U.S. crop behind corn and wheat

• Tofu base

• Tofu source

• Vegetable protein source

• Vegetarian staple

• Veggie curd source

• Veggieburger ingredient

• Versatile legume

• Most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known

• A source of oil

• Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers

• Extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds

• Native to Asia