Faba beans are an important source of folate and commonly consumed in Egypt. This study examined the effects of Egyptian industrial food processing (e.g., canning and freezing), germination, cultivar, and maturity stages on folate content, with the aim to develop a candidate functional canned faba bean food with increased folate content. The folate content in four cultivars of green faba beans ...

Dry beans are a nutrient dense food that generally requires long cooking times. Canned provide consumers safe and convenient access to this nutritious food. Canning quality is measure of how well withstand the canning process affected by many factors including bean genotype, growing conditions, post-harvest seed handling. The evaluation has been an important consideration for variety improvemen...