The increasing consumption of soy foods in recent years, due
mainly to the consumer’s increased awareness of their potential
health benefits, has resulted in higher demand for quality
whole-bean based soy products and soy ingredients. Tofu is a
whole-bean based soy food and its key quality attributes, textural
hardness and water holding capacity, are important for tofu
manufacturers. As protein content impacts positively on these tofu
quality attributes, selection for higher protein content has therefore
been an important goal for soybean variety destined for soy
foods. Our results again confirmed the positive effect of soybean
protein content on the textural hardness of tofu gels, agreeing with
many reports in the literature