Soy, an annual plant that can reach up to 1,50 meters tall, resembles green beans, with roots that bear tubers called "rhizobiums". Its flowering takes place towards the end of spring (small white flowers). The stem woody bears leaves grouped three by three, and each pod contains three fat grains, as if they were green peas.
All the seeds of soybean pods are yellow, green, or red. It is the most used plant in the world as a raw material: for the manufacture of oil, to make a salsa spicy, milk, tofu, flour, germs consumed as legumes, Feed compounds for the animals.
La soy milk It is obtained by grinding, cooking and filtering the soybeans. It is white in color, and is usually sold in cardboard or in the bottle. It is used to prepare appetizers, and sauces. It exists in the form of desserts made with ferments and that have the appearance of a yogurt. The soy milk is a non-dairy drink, rich in protein, low in lipids and calcium, and without cholesterol.