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- Yellow, white and blue lupines - protein sources of the future
- The yellow lupine is a sweet lupine
- Use of sweet lupins
- Not everyone can tolerate sweet lupins
- Use as green manure
- Tips & Tricks
Yellow, white and blue lupines - protein sources of the future
More and more people no longer cover their protein requirements with animal food, but with protein-rich plants. This is where the yellow lupine comes into play, which, like blue and white lupines, increasingly serves as a substitute for soya.
The yellow lupine is a sweet lupine
For cultivation in the garden, the yellow lupine "Lupinus luteus" is not suitable. Its flowers are less decorative than those of the lupine tree for the garden.
Sweet lupins were bred so that they contain no toxic ingredients and are therefore edible. However, the seed of ornamental lupins must never be eaten, as it is poisonous.
Yellow lupins, as well as white and blue lupins, are cultivated extensively to produce food, animal feed or seeds.
Use of sweet lupins
The seeds are consumed. In the Mediterranean, the grains are inserted as a snack. In addition, they are processed into different products:
Lupine is now often used instead of soya for many ready meals and ice cream sorts. This is also due to the fact that soya products are increasingly being bought less because of genetic modification.
Another advantage of using lupins as a source of protein is that unlike soy, sweet lupine is tasteless and does not alter the aroma of food or drink.
Not everyone can tolerate sweet lupins
Although sweet lupins are free of toxins, the plant is not tolerated by all humans. Often, allergies occur after eating yellow lupine in the form of flour or as a ready meal.
Use as green manure
Sweet lupins are ideal green manure plants. White, yellow and blue lupines are therefore often grown to improve the soil on fields.
The long roots also penetrate compacted soil and loosen it up profoundly. Bacteria that live on the roots enrich the soil with nitrogen, allowing it to be fertilized and then growing plants with high nutrient requirements.
Tips & Tricks
The proportion of acreage of yellow lupins has fallen sharply in Germany in recent years. Since the occurrence of the fungal disease "anthracnose", which mainly affects the bright varieties, farms are increasingly relying on the blue lupine.