These include:increases of vitamin contents (e.g., vitamin C and riboflavin) and mineral availability (e.g., calcium)improvement of protein digestibility hydrolysis of flatulent-causing oligosaccharides;reducing levels of trypsin inhibitors, lectin, phytic acid and lipoxygenase activity, which lead to undesirable beany flavor ; and enrichment of phenolics, isoflavone aglycones and saponin glycosides