The sales of Edamame (also called Japanese soybeans) in the United States are increasing year by year.
What is Edamame? Edamame bean, also known as vegetable soybean, is a vegetable soybean specialized in fresh pods in soybean crops. Sweet beans are fresh podded beans.
Edamame Bean is an annual crop with thick and hairy stems. Its pods are flat and hairy, so people call it Mao Bean. When fresh, the pods are tender green and lovely.
Edamame beans - Japanese soybeans are popular in the United States. They are often added to restaurant salads or sold as bottled mashed soybeans. Some supermarkets even have permanent shelves of soybeans. The picture shows edamame beans sold in the supermarket TRADER JOE'S on the outskirts of New York City. It was taken in late April. (Kyodo)
According to Kyodo News Agency on July 29, Japanese soybeans are very popular in the United States. Mao beans are often added to restaurant salads or sold as bottled mashed Mao beans. Some supermarkets even have permanent shelves with the Japanese pronunciation "EDAME". It is reported that under the trend of healthy diet, the soybean market in the United States is expanding at an annual growth rate of about 10%.
Jennifer Jedd, a primary school teacher, likes soybeans very much. "They are healthy and delicious," she said. "Now people are paying attention to diet. Many Americans know that soybeans are soybeans." According to her introduction, primary schools arrange snack time in the morning, children bring snacks to school every day, "children bring edamame to school also have".
The supermarket TRADER JOE'S in the suburbs of New York sells all kinds of shelled, shelled, frozen and refrigerated edamame beans, as well as self-brand edamame crisps. According to Google's search statistics in the United States, the most frequently searched Japanese food related words overseas in 2014 were "sushi" followed by "edamame".
Raymond Chung, president of an Arkansas-based soybean production company, told reporters about his dream: "I heard that soybeans are a beer dish in Japan. Want to promote soybeans in the United States as a representative food like corn and carrots. The company's products have been exported to Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is observing opportunities to tap into the Japanese market.
According to the North American Soybean Food Association, gross bean sales in the United States increased by 9.1% to about $84 million in 2013 compared with the previous year. There was also an 11.9% increase in 2012. However, the use of easy-to-use frozen soybean products increased significantly, but sales of fresh soybean did not improve.