Brasathe Jeganathan’s PhD research at the U of A yielded new, more sustainable ways to extract protein from faba beans, which could help meet the growing demand for plant-based sources of the vital ...

The best vegan protein powders have had a bit of a reputation crisis after a report that showed many powders on the market, ...

Faba beans have been an excellent source of food protein since pre-historic times, but about 5% of people, mostly from regions where malaria has been endemic and who carry a certain mutation, can't ...

An international team of researchers has managed to read the whole genome of faba bean, and to put the new genome to immediate use, finding a key gene for seed size, an important food characteristic.

The potential for locally grown faba bean to increase the protein content in store-bought bread is being investigated by researchers in the UK. Is faba bean the greatest thing since sliced bread?

Could a hybrid cheese analogue – which swaps out some dairy for faba protein and mealworm flour – improve nutrition and sensory properties? Researchers investigate. Growing concerns around population ...