Review of Soy products

On SoyReview.com we evaluate soy related products, not only soy foods but also soy milk makers and soy candles. Making your own soy milk with a soymilk maker (or soy milk machine) is easy, allows you to save a lot of money and you know exactly what the ingredients are. If needed, you can add extra ingredients such as sugar, sweeteners, flavours, thickeners and salt to make it taste more like industrial soy milk. Making soy milk with normal kitchen tools is also possible, but requires more time and results in a lower yield. Basically you have to add the soaked soybeans and water to the soymilk maker and press the start button.

Operation of a soy milk maker

The operation instructions differ slightly between the different machines but basically they work like this:

• Weigh or measure 80 to 100 grams of dry soybeans for each liter of soy milk. Normally a measuring cup is provided.
• Rinse the soybeans and soak for about 8 hours or overnight. Rinse the soaked soybeans again with water. Some manufacturers of soymilk makers claim that their machine can make soy milk directly from unsoaked soybeans. However, the taste will not be that good and yield will be lower.
• Put the soybeans in filter cup and month it in the soymilk maker.
• Add cold water in the container of the soymilk maker. Normally the desired levels are marked on the inside or outside of the container.
• Plug the power cord in and press the start button. The soymilk maker will first heat the water to about 80 degree C (180 degree F) and then start to grind the soybeans.
• After about 15 minutes the soymilk maker will indicate that the cycle is completed and that you can pour the soy milk in another container. The pulp, or okara, which remains in the filter cup can be used as an healthy ingredient in bread or soups. This okara is very rich in fibre but will also contain other healthy ingredients such as soy protein, isoflavones, saponins and vitamins.