Lupin seeds or beans are also consumed as snacks in some European and North African countries ... which contain toxic alkaloids, or the sweet variety, which can be eaten without further processing ...

During recent years, the use of sweet lupin has become more widespread throughout Europe. Lupin-based ingredients improve both the nutritional value and baking qualities of food, and they are ...

While sweet white lupin cultivars are now grown around the world, thanks to domestication, the precise identity of the underlying genes responsible for this ‘sweetness’ has remained uncertain. Now, a ...

Researchers at the German food company Fraunhofer have figured out a way to make a non-dairy ice cream substitute with fat derived from the seeds of lupins, and the product is already on European ...

Over the past 50 years or so, lupins have become more common as food for farm animals. Sweet lupins are good for this, as they don’t require extensive washing to be usable. They are also ...