Lupin bean
Pickled lupini beans ready for consumption
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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9.88g
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| Dietary fiber | 2.8 g |
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2.92 g
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| Saturated | 0.346 g |
| Trans | 0 |
| Monounsaturated | 1.180 g |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.730 |
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15.57 g
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| Vitamins | |
| Thiamine (B1) |
(12%)
0.134 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
(4%)
0.053 mg |
| Niacin (B3) |
(3%)
0.459 mg |
| Vitamin C |
(1%)
1.1 mg |
| Vitamin D |
(0%)
0 μg |
| Minerals | |
| Calcium |
(5%)
51 mg |
| Iron |
(9%)
1.20 mg |
| Magnesium |
(15%)
54 mg |
| Phosphorus |
(18%)
128 mg |
| Potassium |
(5%)
245 mg |
| Sodium |
(0%)
4 mg |
| Zinc |
(15%)
1.38 mg |
| Other constituents | |
| Water | 71.08 |
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. | |
Lupin or lupini beans are the yellow legume seeds of Lupinus genus. They are traditionally eaten as a pickled snack food, primarily in the Mediterranean basin (L. albus) and Latin America (L. mutabilis). The bitter variety of the beans are high in alkaloids and are extremely bitter unless rinsed for a long time.
The earliest archaeological reports on lupins are referred to the Twelfth Dynasty of Egyptian Pharaohs (over 2 thousand years BCE). In their tombs, seeds of Lupinus digitatus Forsk., already domesticated in those times, were discovered. Seven seeds of this species were also retrieved in the tombs of this dynasty dated back to the 22nd century BCE. They are the most ancient evidence of lupin in the Mediterranean.
Lupini were popular with the Romans, who spread their cultivation throughout the Roman Empire. Today, lupini are most commonly found in Mediterranean countries and their former colonies, especially in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Brazil, as across the Middle East (where it is part of Sham El Nessim holiday meals).
The Andean American variety of this bean, Lupinus mutabilis, was domesticated by pre-Incan inhabitants of present-day Peru. Rock imprints of seeds and leaves, dated around 6th and 7th century BCE, are exhibited in the National Museum of Lima. It was a food widespread during the Incan Empire. Lupins were also used by Native Americans in North America, e.g. the Yavapai people.
Some varieties are referred to as "sweet lupins" because they contain much smaller amounts of toxic alkaloids than the "bitter lupin" varieties. Newly bred variants of the narrow-leafed or 'Australian Sweet Lupin' (L. angustifolius) lupins are grown in Australia, Germany and Poland; they lack any bitter taste and require no soaking in salt solution. The seeds are used for different foods from lupin flake, vegan sausages, lupin-tofu, and lupin flour. Given that lupin seeds have the full range of essential amino acids and that they, contrary to soy, can be grown in more temperate to cool climates, lupins are becoming increasingly recognized as a cash crop alternative to soy.
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