Quinoa

Quinoa is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States as a kind of “superfood.” Cultivated for over 5,000 years in the Andean mountain regions of Peru, Chile and Bolivia, the Incas considered it a sacred food.

It is not actually a grain, rather, it is related to spinach and chard. Its tiny seeds provide complete protein with the best amino acid profile of any grain. And one serving provides 45% daily value of dietary fiber. The natural bitter protective coating (saponin) has been mechanically removed from our quinoa, so it is ready to cook – and it’s done in just a few minutes! Once considered the “gold of the Incas,” quinoa may now be described as the “rice of the new millennium.”

Grain Place Foods offers the following Quinoa products:

• Quinoa

 

Quinoa

Although treated like a grain in the kitchen, quinoa is actually related to spinach and chard. It has a fluffy, slightly crunchy texture and a sweet, nutty flavor when cooked. Quinoa is highly nutritious, including complete protein and high fiber content. And it’s ready to eat in just 12 minutes! Use it as you would use rice.

Allergy statement

Quinoa does not contain gluten; however, note that this quinoa is processed on the same equipment on which wheat, barley and soybeans are processed, and are handled in the same plant that handles sesame seeds and peanuts.