Plant-based foods have become increasingly readily available over the past few years. Vegans and vegetarians can now enjoy meatless and dairy-free versions of just about every food you can think of. Plant-based liquid egg alternatives are one of the latest foods to hit grocery stores, and the plant-based company JUST recently released an egg alternative with somewhat of a surprising main ingredient — mung beans.
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To create the product, JUST reportedly produces the bean flour by dehulling and milling mung beans. The flour is then mixed with “water and a food-grade defoaming agent to form a slurry.” The mixture is then adjusted for pH using a food-grade sodium hydroxide solution, and the company’s food scientists isolate a protein curd that can be added to different food products. Senior director of communications at JUST, Andrew Noyes, called the protein isolate “very versatile” and said it can be used to make a variety of products, such as ice cream and butter. Along with mung beans, the product’s ingredients also include expeller-pressed canola oil, natural flavors, soy lecithin and sugar, among other ingredients.
It might make you wonder — what’s wrong with good, old-fashioned organic cage-free eggs?
Eggs have become a target based on the faulty premise of the medical establishment that eating too many yolks would drive up cholesterol. The truth is, eggs are good for your cholesterol, and great for your overall health. Dense, small-particle LDL cholesterol in your body is a risk factor for heart disease risk, while large, fluffy LDL particles constitute a lower risk, but here’s the kicker: Eggs convert small LDL particles to large particles. LDL has also been grossly exaggerated as a risk factor for heart disease.
Instead of focusing on the faulty science that made you worry unnecessarily about consuming too much cholesterol, there are numerous reasons to enjoy eggs. They're loaded with vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, B2, B5, B6, B12, D, K and E, protein, phosphorus, folate, selenium and antioxidants. One very important nutrient eggs offer is choline, which is necessary for building cell wall membranes, producing the molecules crucial for brain signaling, and to make the brain chemical acetylcholine, involved in storing memories.