A soy milk maker is a small kitchen appliance which automatically cooks soy milk, a non-dairy beverage made from soy beans. Some soy milk makers can also be programmed to make almond milk and other vegetable-based beverages. Blender Small appliance refers to a class of home appliances that are semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms. ... Home appliances are electrical/mechanical appliances which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning. ... Cooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. ... Soy milk (also called soymilk, soya milk, soybean milk, soy bean milk, or soy drink) is a milk-like product made from soybeans Soy milk originated in Eastern Asia, China, a region where the soybean was native and used as food long before the existence of written records. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York, July 2001 In many northern-hemisphere countries a dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffaloes, sheep or goats) for human consumption. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... Binomial name Glycine max Soybeans (US) or soya beans (UK) (Glycine max) are a high-protein legume (Family Fabaceae) grown as food for both humans and livestock. ... Almond milk is a milky drink made from ground almonds, not unlike soy milk or rice milk. ... Vegetables in a market Vegetable is a culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary grain, fruit, nut, herb, or spice. ...

Home-made soy milk is usually at least three times less expensive than store bought soy milk—approximately $0.20 per quart. Additionally, it can be made to the drinkers' tastes and nutritional requirements, providing added value. Soy pulp or okara, a healthy by-product of soy milk preparation, can be used as an ingredient in many recipes and food products. Nutrition is the study of the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. ... Okara or soy pulp is a white or yellowish pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the soybean which remain in the filter sack when pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk. ... An example recipe, printed from the Wikibooks Cookbook. ...

Ordinary methods for making soy milk at home are often very labor-intensive (requiring beans to be soaked, ground in a blender, strained, and then cooked). Soy milk machines perform many of these steps automatically, greatly simplifying home-based soy milk production. An electric blender A blender is a kitchen appliance used to blend ingredients or puree food. ...

Standard operation

A soy milk makers work something like a combination between a home blender and an automatic coffee maker. Properly-soaked soy beans are placed into the filter cup, where the machine grinds them into a fine paste. The soy milk is then filtered (in a process similar to that of tea making) into water which is heated, fully cooking both the soy beans and the okara. The coffee maker is a small kitchen appliance used to make drip brew-style coffee without having to boil water. ... Tea leaves in a teacup. ... A red-hot iron rod cooling after being worked by a blacksmith. ...

Most soy milk makers include a mechanism to stop the boiling soy milk from overflowing. The heater is turned off as the water level approaches the top of the chamber, and then turned back on as the soy milk returns to an acceptable level. This process is repeated for the length of the cooking period, which lasts for approximately fifteen minutes. It has been suggested that Saturation temperature be merged into this article or section. ...

When the soy milk has fully cooked, the machine will automatically turn off, leaving the okara in the filter cup and the soy milk in the water chamber. Many machines will beep to inform the user of the soy milk's completion.

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