Lupin beans
Botanical name: Lupinus genus
Family: Fabaceae
Common names: Lupin, Lupine, Lupine beans, Lupini beans, Lupin beans, terms beans, and yellow legume seeds.
Cultivation: Common
Origin: Egypt
Color: creamy color.
Packing: 25 kg bags
Species: bitter/sweet
Hs Code: 1209990030

Lupin in brief:
- Lupin is traditionally consumed as a rare snack. And it tastes bitter unless you washed it well with water.
- The ancient Egyptians were the first who use Lupins, as back to the 12th Dynasty, the earliest archaeological report. Lupins seeds are also found in the tombs of many Egyptian pharos of the 22nd dynasty as well a quantity of it was found in the Hawara tombs in Fayoum.
- There are two kinds of Lupins, bitter Lubin's which has large amounts of toxic alkaloids, and sweet Lupins which contain smaller toxic alkaloids amounts.
- Lupini beans packed in jars with brine such as pickles and olives. They are eaten with or without their skin.
- A Termis is the name used in Egypt to call for Lupin. It is consumed as a snack and can cock at home or sold by street vendors.
- Many European countries grind Lupin beans to become flour and used them as an alternative to wheat flour. But in Australia Lupin flour is added to wheat flour in order to promote it and get food with a creamy color.