What is a Broad Beans? Broad beans are also called Horse, Fava, Windsor, English Dwarf Bean, Tick, Pigeon, Bell, Haba, Feve and Silkworm beans. It is similar in size to the lima bean and is native to the Mediterranean region, especially Italy and Syria. It is one of the oldest cultivated plants known, with its culture extending back to prehistoric times. The Broad bean is a cool-season annual legume and is usually planted February and March for vegetable use and September to November for cover crops.

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Preparation: Broad beans can be cooked in boiling salted water for 20-25 minutes in a covered saucepan. Other methods of preparation similar to lima beans are satisfactory.

Nutrition: Broad beans contain levodopa, the same chemical in Sinemet, Madopar, Dopar, Larodopa, and other levodopa-containing medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease. Besides levodopa, Broad beans are rich in valuable nutrients. Broad beans are a good source of iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, copper, selenium, and many vitamins.

Qualities of Broad Beans exported by GTSC:
1. Whole Broad Beans size 14,15,16,17,18 mm Imp. 0.5 % ( HPS ), 1 %, 3 %.
2. Split Broad Beans Imp. 0.5 %.

Packing Types:
1. New jute bags 40,50 kg.
2. New PP bags 20,25 kg.

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