Abstract: A cheese-like food containing the total ingredients of soybeans is produced by forming a mixture of natural cheese and crushed whole soybeans which have been heated to denature protein and to deactivate trypsin inhibitor and hemaglutanine, agitating the mixture, and fermenting the agitated mixture by the enzymatic action of microorganisms in the natural cheese. The cheese-like food is free from soybean odor and has taste and texture of cheese.

Abstract: A method of preparing a processed food material from soybean comprising soaking whole grains of soybean in water, heating the grains at 80 - 200.degree. C with superheated steam for less than a minute to deactivate the physiologically active substances in the soybean, crushing the grains thus treated with water followed by further subdividing into finer particles with a homogenizer to completely destroy the soybean cells, and adding a protein coagulating agent to precipitate the protein together with fat and fibrin.FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a method for preparing a processed food material from soybean which tastes good, has no soybean odor, and is smooth in mouth.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONSoybean contains an enzyme which, on being activated, reacts with oil in the soybean grain. The reaction product causes the soybean odor.Soybean also contains tripsin-inhibiting substances and oligosaccharides, which may lead to a flatulence.