Cooking quality of pulses

Abstract

The main factor affecting the cooking quality of seeds of several pea and bean varieties was found to be the composition of the cell wall as expressed by a ‘PCMP number’ relating the contents of phytin, Ca, Mg and free pectin. Other factors probably involved were the thickness of the seed‐coat palisade layer, and the contents of lignin and alpha‐cellulose in the seed coats. Cell contents had no detectable effect.