ABSTRACT
Soybean is a strategic commodity in Indonesia because it is one of the most important crops after
rice and maize. Indonesian people like to consume processed soybean products due to several reasons,
such as their relatively inexpensive price and highly nutritional content. One of the processes is that can
improve the quality of soy nutrition is germination process. In this study, comparative physicochemical
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and germinated soybean are dried using a freeze dryer, then their sizes are reduced using a blender and
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their chemical and physical characteristics but also their functional properties. It is proven that germination
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