Kayan kafa dauke da yawa furotin; waken soya ya fi sauran tsarukan wake a cikin waɗannan kuma yana da duka amino acid mai mahimmanci, don haka yana iya maye gurbin nama daidai da dangoginsa sun sami karin furotin.
Kodayake sunadaran na waken soya Suna da ƙarancin inganci fiye da furotin na dabbobi, (tunda suna gabatar da nakasu a cikin amino acid kamar methionine, cysteine da tryptophan), basa gabatar da wata damuwa.
Haɗuwa da hatsi masu wadataccen waɗannan amino acid ɗin, suna samun sakamako sunadarai mafi koshin lafiya fiye da na nama da kuma wadataccen lysine, wanda duk da cewa akwai karancin hatsi a cikin hatsi sosai (misali shinkafa ce da lentil).
Amfanin furotin na legume akan nama shine nasu sauki narkewa da abin da ake la'akari da shi maganin gargajiya da tsufa. Ta hanyar shan ƙwayayen fata, ƙusoshin, gashi ko ƙarfin tsoka suna haɓaka, kuma suna samarwa sauran mahimmancin gaske. Bugu da kari, a cikin ni'imar su, ana iya cewa ba su samar da kitse ko kitsen mai ba.
Suna da babban abun ciki na carbohydrates, wanda ke sa su mallaki babban kuzari kuma suna cika satiating, kamar yadda suke hadadden carbohydrates kuma suna dauke da kitse kadan.
Waken soya, doya, wake, waken lima ko wake sune misalai na waɗannan tushen sunadarai kuma wadatattu cikin ƙoshin lafiya mai ƙwanƙwasa, waɗanda zamu iya haɗawa cikin abincinmu.