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Soy Flour

Flour produced from soybeans.

Soy Flour — illustrative ingredient image

About Soy Flour

Soy flour is a powder made by milling soybeans, commonly after cleaning and, depending on the product, heating or other treatment. It may be made from whole soybeans or from defatted soybean material, producing products that differ in color, aroma, fat content, and handling.

The powder is generally beige to pale yellow with a characteristic cooked-legume flavor. It is used in baked goods, noodles, mixes, coatings, thickened foods, and other formulations where soybean solids are desired, either as a dry blended ingredient or within a cooked mixture.

Soy flour may be fine or coarse and may be sold as full-fat, low-fat, or defatted flour. Roasted soybean flour is a distinct roasted product with a deeper aroma and should not automatically be treated as interchangeable with untreated soy flour. Heating and incorporation can change its aroma, dispersion, and texture.

Ingredient type
flour
Form
flour

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Local names for soy flour

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Soy Flour

English

Farine de soja complète

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English

low fat soy flour

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English

SOY FLOUR DEFATTED

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English

Soy flour, full-fat, raw

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English

Soy flour, full-fat, roasted

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English

Soy flour, low-fat

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Soy Flour nutrition & diet

Soy Flour nutritional value

Flour, soya (soy)

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
368.8kcal
Protein
49.8g
Carbs
14.6g
Fat
8.9g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F004002. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether the soy flour is full-fat, defatted, toasted, roasted, or otherwise processed, and use the stated flour particle form. It may be eaten as an ingredient rather than alone. Baking, blending with wheat or other cereals, and adding sweeteners or fats change the recipe’s represented portion.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to soy flour made from the specified soybean preparation, such as full-fat, defatted, toasted, or roasted flour.

Diet considerations

Soy flour is plant-derived and made from soybeans. Plain flour suits plant-based recipes, but baked products may add eggs, dairy, honey, fats, or other animal ingredients. Wheat or other cereal flours may be blended with it, and the amount used in a recipe determines the resulting cereal and carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Flour, soya (soy) ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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