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MACEDONIAN MIX 425 ml. Mix of carrots with green peas, green beans and cauliflower or broccoli. Rich in vitamins. Excellent for vegetable salads. Simply add sauce, dressing for salads or mayonnaise.
Interesting facts
Red bean - "Kidney" bean
Latin:
Phaseolus vulgaris
Red beans also known as "chili beans", has dark red skin. Shape recalls the kidney, where it derives its name. Especially popular in India, the southern United States and Spain.
100 g of red bean - 93 kcal
It contains fiber, magnesium, iron, zinc, vitamin B1, B6.
Prevention against cancer and diabetes
Red bean is a rich source of dietetic fibre. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends eating 20 – 40g of dietetic fibre a day and 100 g of dry red bean contain 25 g of this ingredient. The fibre gives you the feeling of satiety, prevents against tumours, stabilises the blood sugar level and helps remove toxins from your body. It provides energy, which is gradually utilised by your body – these calories do not make you "fattier".
Be healthy
Red bean contains many vitamins of group B, especially B6, which is responsible, among other things, for the immunity, skin condition and activity of the nervous system.
Remember
Dry bean should be soaked before cooking. In this way the cooking process is accelerated and bean is deprived of substances that cause digestion problems.
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