Broadbeans
100% legumes typical from tavoliere di Puglia
Vicia Faba – The beans come from a very ancient plant, originally from Persia or North Africa and the first traces of them date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. They are the first legume seeds consumed by man. Typical food product in peasant Italy.
Formerly used not only as a legume but, after having transformed it into flour, also in the preparation of bread, focaccia and polenta.
Property
The broadbeans contain a lot of water, fibers, proteins, almost irrelevant the presence of fats. Water and fibers help both diuresis and intestinal motility, together with the many minerals present. Among these the iron stands out, obviously vegetable, which makes it a recommended food even in cases of deficiency of this mineral. Many vitamins, including ascorbic acid.
Nutritional information
