The legume flakes revolution

The important role of legumes in the diet

Legumes, a staple food rich in fiber and protein, are nutrients that should be included in our regular diet due to their characteristics and nutritional and healthy properties, although most consumers do not meet the recommended dietary intake (one to three times per week), often due to the time and dedication for their culinary preparation.

What are legume flakes?

Legume flakes are a healthy and quality vegetable alternative as they can be conventional, organic and gluten-free made from legumes. They are easier to prepare and able to seduce the palate of consumers by offering characteristics similar to those of cereals.

They are ideal to eat whenever you feel like it, either as a snack, at breakfast or as a topping on a salad, and thus include in our diet the basic and fundamental nutrients that legumes offer. Combine them with other ingredients and get the ideal flavor and texture, because they offer infinite culinary possibilities that you would never have imagined.

How do you get legume flakes?

Thermoflaking is the process by which pulses, such as lentils, peas or chickpeas, are subjected to three treatments.

• Hydrothermal: in which cooking is carried out by high-pressure steam injection.
• Mechanical: pulses are transformed into sheets or flakes.
• Dehydrated-cooling: allows the treated legume flake to acquire the appropriate humidity and temperature characteristics to be preserved and consumedVoilà!

What are their benefits and properties?

• Digestibility
• Palatability
• Appetite
• Satiability
• Energy