Description
Young green soybeans boiled in the pod. The classic summer beer snack; mashed, it becomes Tohoku's 'zunda'.
枝豆
えだまめ
edamame
Edamame
- Summer
Did you know?
Its name, 'branch bean', comes from being sold still on the branch.
Famous produce
- Dadacha-mame (Tsuruoka, Yamagata)
- Kurosaki chamame (Niigata)
In the kitchen
- shioyude
- zunda mochi
- edamame gohan
Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Nutritional composition
per 100 g edible portion
125 kcal
- Protein 40%
- Fat 47%
- Carbohydrate 13%
| Energy | 125 kcal |
|---|---|
| Water | 71.7 g |
| Protein | 11.7 g |
| Fat | 6.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 8.8 g |
| Dietary fibre | 5 g |
| Salt equivalent | 0 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 590 mg |
| Calcium | 58 mg |
| Magnesium | 62 mg |
| Iron | 2.7 mg |
| Zinc | 1.4 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 22 µg |
|---|---|
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) | 0.8 mg |
| Vitamin K | 30 µg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.31 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.15 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg |
| Folate | 320 µg |
| Vitamin C | 27 mg |
Source: Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 8th ed., 2023 supplement (MEXT) · food no. 06015 · Tr = trace · — = no data
