Edamame Nutrition facts
Edamame
Edamame, also popular as green vegetable soybeans or mangetout, are raw, young, immature beans in the pod of a soybean plant. The beans particularly popular in the East-Asian cuisine, especially in Japan, Korea, and China. These garden pea look-alike pods are silently gaining popularity inside the USA and in some European countries as well where sizeable East-Asian population present.
Binomially, Edamame, similar to soybean, is an annual dicotyledonous plant, belonging to the family of Fabaceae (Leguminosae), in the genus, Glycine.
Scientific name: Glycine max. (L.) Merr.
| Nutrition Principle | Nutrition Value | Percentage of RDA |
|---|---|---|
| Principle | ||
| Energy | 109 Kcal | 5.5% |
| Carbohydrates | 7.61 g | 6% |
| Protein | 11.22 g | 20% |
| Total Fat | 4.73 g | 23.5% |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber | 4.8 g | 13% |
| Vitamins | ||
| Folates | 303 µg | 76% |
| Niacin | 0.925 mg | 6% |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.535 mg | 11% |
| Pyridoxine | 0.135 mg | 10% |
| Riboflavin | 0.265 mg | 20% |
| Thiamin | 0.150 mg | 12.5% |
| Vitamin A | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 9.7 mg | 16% |
| Vitamin E | 0.72 mg | 5% |
| Vitamin K | 31.4 µg | 26% |
| Electrolytes | ||
| Sodium | 6 mg | <1% |
| Potassium | 482 mg | 10% |
| Minerals | ||
| Calcium | 60 mg | 6% |
| Copper | 0.324 µg | 36% |
| Iron | 2.11 mg | 26% |
| Magnesium | 224 mg | 56% |
| Manganese | 1.672 mg | 73% |
| Phosphorus | 161 mg | 23% |
| Zinc | 1.32 µg | 12% |