One cup (92 grams) of BESAN flour packs slightly more folate than you need in a day. This vitamin plays an important role in preventing spinal cord defects during pregnancy .
In one observational study in more than 16,000 women, babies born to women who consumed flour fortified with additional folate and other vitamins had 68% fewer spinal cord defects than those born to participants who consumed plain flour .
The women who used fortified flour also had 26% higher blood folate levels than the control group
Chickpea flour naturally contains nearly twice the folate as an equal amount of fortified wheat flour.