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If you are a vegetarian and wonder if you score enough nutrition through greens in your daily diet, your query just got an answer.

Charlotte Eklund-Jonsson, a scientist at the Department of Food Science has developed a new food of vegetarian variety called Tempe which has lots of iron and some protein content in it.

The doctoral dissertation conducted by Eklund-Jonsson cites tempe as a whole-grain product with high folate content. The whole grain content is said to bring down cardiovascular diseases, protect against diabetes and some other forms of cancerdefine. The tempe also contains B vitamin folate, a natural form of folic acid which is vital for fetal development.

"Tempe is designed for vegetarians and for people who want to eat less meat for environmental reasons" says Charlotte Eklund-Jonsson. "We also had the environment in mind when we chose to base it on barley and oats, which are suitable to cultivate in Sweden and therefore do not require long transports."

Tempe is processed through fermentation using micro fungus Rhizopus oligosporus. This process of fermentation is from Indonesia. Soybeans are used in the uncooked form. This from of fortified diet replenishes vital nutrients which you think you might miss, being a vegetarian and can be a successful meat substitute.

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