Organic Green-Hearted Black Beans (a.k.a. Black Soy Beans) for Sprouting and Soya Milk, 16-Ounce Pouches

Disadvantages:(1)I was expecting to receive black SOYbeans but the product that I received says, "Organic Dried Black Bean...Dau Den Organic" on the front of the bag and "Ingredient: Organic Dried Black Bean" on the back of the bag.(2)Although the bag of black beans that I received weighs 16.60 ounces and I had only paid for 16.00 ounces of these beans, I was very disappointed that the quantity of black beans was so small. This is a very, very tiny bag of black beans - much smaller than I had been expecting.(3)The black beans that I received did not sprout. After being soaked in cool water for about 1 hour, they would soften and pop open, exposing the green-colored edamame-like inside of these black beans. But the roots would not elongate and would not even be visible in most cases. I suspect that Amazon is automatically irradiating all of their seed products to kill the bad bacteria, if any. This also kills the seeds and beans, preventing them from sprouting.(4)Like almost all other U.S.-grown legumes, this product causes flatulence.(5)For the making of homemade soymilk, I recommend "Laura" soybeans grown in Iowa. They sell at a much, much better price per pound than this product. Laura soybeans are flatulence-free. Also, the Japanese in Japan have already been using flatulence-free soybeans for many decades to make tofu, natto, and unsweetened soymilk.(6)For the eating of soybeans, the frozen edamame at the supermarket sells at a much, much better price per pound than this product. The frozen edamame at the supermarket is grown in China. Edamame is a labor-intensive crop that requires a very low cost of labor to grow economically. The Chinese are using a low-flatulence variety of soybean when growing "edamame," which is a Japanese word which means, "branch bean." Green, baby soybeans are called, edamame.Advantages:(1)Like all legumes, the black beans in this product are extremely healthy for us to eat. The black skin that coats these beans is rich in purple-colored anthocyanidins, which are the moderately beneficial polyphenols that are also found in blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, red radishes, eggplants, plums, grapes, purple onions, purple cauliflower, purple cabbage, etc.