Product Overview

For food manufacturers, oil processors, feed producers, and commodity distributors requiring a versatile high-protein legume, these whole soybeans provide a dependable raw material for multiple downstream applications. The beans are small, round to slightly oval, with a smooth pale cream to light yellow surface and occasional natural seed markings. Their dry texture is firm and hard before processing, softening after soaking, boiling, steaming, or grinding. This format is particularly suited to soy milk, tofu, soy flour, textured soy ingredients, fermented foods, edible oil extraction, livestock feed, and further industrial processing. Whole beans can be cleaned, soaked, dehulled, milled, roasted, crushed, or solvent-processed depending on the intended product line. For B2B buyers, soybeans offer strong protein yield, useful oil recovery, efficient bulk handling, broad industrial demand, and good dry-storage stability, supporting scalable sourcing across food, feed, and processing channels.

Key Features

1. Whole Bean Format — Supplied as intact dry soybeans suitable for soaking, milling, roasting, crushing, or oil extraction.
2. Pale Cream Color — Light natural appearance provides a clean raw-material profile for food and processing applications.
3. High Protein Content — Naturally protein-rich composition supports tofu, soy beverage, flour, and feed production.
4. Natural Oil Content — Oil-rich seed structure makes the beans suitable for edible oil extraction and related processing.
5. Firm Dry Texture — Hard dry beans support bulk storage, transport, cleaning, and industrial handling.
6. Processing Versatility — Suitable for food, feed, beverage, fermentation, flour, protein, and oil applications.
7. Bulk Commodity Handling — Can be supplied in sacks, lined bags, jumbo bags, or other wholesale packaging formats.
8. Good Storage Stability — Low-moisture dry format supports efficient warehousing when protected from heat and humidity.

Specifications

1. Product Type: Whole Soybeans
2. Botanical Source: Glycine max
3. Form: Whole dried beans
4. Color: Pale cream to light yellow
5. Processing Method: Cleaned and graded
6. Moisture Content: Approx. 10-13%
7. Protein Content: Approx. 35-40%
8. Oil Content: Approx. 18-22%
9. Bean Size: Approx. 5-9 mm, depending on variety and grade
10. Packaging: Food-grade lined sack, woven bag, or jumbo bag
11. Bulk Pack Weight: Typically 25-50 kg, or bulk buyer specification
12. Storage Conditions: Store in a cool, dry, well-ventilated area away from moisture, pests, heat, and direct sunlight