TOFU or soy cheese — food product from soybeans, rich in protein. Tofu has a neutral taste (i.e., your own taste is almost absent), which is one of the benefits of tofu, and allows versatile use in cooking. Tofu is rich in high quality vegetable protein (10, 7% in the dense, 5, 3 % in the soft tofu), which contains almost all the essential amino acids and is a source of iron and calcium. While tofu is low-calorie product that contains no cholesterol. According to some studies, regular consumption of tofu in food in its raw form protects the body from dioxin that causes cancer, and promotes active elimination of dioxin from the body of tofu significantly decreases the content of cholesterol in the blood tofu can be used for prevention of osteoporosis tofu can alleviate the symptoms of menopause, reduce the risk of heart disease Source of information "Wikipedia& amp;quot;.