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Tofu
Characteristics Influenced by Soybean Crop Year
and Location
T.C.
Helms, T.D. Cai,
K.C.
Chang,
and J.W.
Enz
Department of Plant Sciences, Department
or Food and Nutrition, Department of Cereal
Science, and Department of Soil Science
North Dakota State University
 Abstract
Plant
breeders and tofu processors need to understand
the influence of environment on tofu quality and
color. Our objective was to determine the
influence of locations within a year and
differences between years on tofu yield, quality,
and color. We evaluated two soybean (Glycine max
(L). Merr.) genotypes that were developed for the
tofu specialty market at four locations in 1993
and five locations in 1994. There were
significant differences between years for tofu
yield, protein content, oil content, and color
averaged across genotypes. There were significant
differences among locations within each year for
soymilk solid content and tofu yield, protein
content, oil content, protein ratio (11S/7S),
firmness, and yellowness. Due to the influence of
environment, genotypes should only be compared
for tofu yield, quality, and color within the
same environment. Processors can use this
information to identify which locations produce
the best quality tofu. This article is
only available online at http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndagres/ndagres.htm
Audience —
Soybean breeders, soybean growers, soybean
buyers, tofu producers
Keywords
Soybean
(Glycine max), tofu, crop year, location.
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