Other Soya Products

Soya oil and margarine are widely used and are high in polyunsaturated fats and low in saturated fats. Other less easily available soya foods include soya sprouts, soya nuts (roasted and seasoned soya beans), natto (fermented soya beans made with a bacteria, Bacillus subtilis), yuba (the skin formed on heated soya milk), soya flakes, soya flour, and high protein soya isolates and concentrates.

A) Cover the right column and read the English words. Translate them into Russian and check your translation.

B) Cover the left column and translate the Russian words back into English.

albumen 1) (яичный) белок 2) альбумин, белок;

binder связующее вещество

curry карри/кэрр

biotin биотин, витамин H

Read the micro text and define the main idea of the text.

Wheat protein is derived from wheat gluten. It is sometimes called Seitan. Gluten is extracted from wheat and then processed to resemble meat. Wheat protein is marketed under the name of Wheatpro by Lucas Ingredients of Bristol. It has a greater similarity to meat than textured vegetable protein or mycoprotein and is used as a meat substitute in a range of foods. It is available in some health food stores.

5. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

Mycoprotein, fermentation, fungus, World Health Organisation, egg albumen, sheet of fungal mycelia, oxygen, nitrogen, glucose, minerals,

Read the text and define the meaning of new words. Translate the text.