Textured Vegetable Protein is a vegetable protein that is processed
and extruded to form beeflike strips, meatlike nuggets, or other ana-
logs. in the dehydrated form, the analogs are crunchy and upon
hydration become moist and chewy. soy protein is the most popular
protein source, but other vegetable proteins include peanut and
wheat. it is used as meat analogs. it is also termed textured soy flour
or textured soy protein.
