Tempeh - The Innate Benefits Inside the Traditional Food

Tempeh is a traditional food from Java, Indonesia. This traditional food has been spreading across the world, and became one of the vegetarian diet full of nutrients and also delicious at the same time. You can find tempeh in some other countries, such as the Netherlands and Malaysia. Tempeh spreads throughout the world following the migration of Javanese during colonialism period, when they moved and settled in Netherlands. In Malaysia, tempeh was brought by migrant workers from Java, Garmin bluechart and become popular food in there.

Nutrients in tempeh are quite balance and can replace some nutrients from animal, make it suitable for those who become Vegan. So what exactly is the content of nutrients in tempeh? According to USDA National Nutrient Database, cooked tempeh contains the following nutrients:

Water (59.56 g per 100 g serving)

Protein (18.19 g per 100 g serving)

Lipid (11.38 g per 100 g serving)

Energy (196 kcal / 822 kJ per 100 g serving)

The protein inside the tempeh is more than its fat. It have 3.745 g per 100 g serving monounsaturated fatty acid and 2.636 g per 100 g serving polyunsaturated fatty acid. So the major fatty acid from tempeh is a good one.

Another micronutrients abundances inside the tempeh are niacin (2.135 mg per 100 g serving), potassium (401 mg per 100 g serving), phosphorus (253 mg per 100 g serving), magnesium (77 mg per 100 g serving), iron (2.13 mg per 100 g serving), manganese (1.285 mg per 100 g serving), and several more.

From these facts, we can see the reason why tempeh should be being included to our diet. There are more healthy, traditional foods which can be good if we put them in our diet, much better than another junk foods around us. So, instead buying expensive junk food, we'd better start eating healthy, cheap food from now.