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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Ingredients
- Red Quinoa
- Technologies
- Composition
100 % Red quinoa grains.
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Health Benefits of Red Quinoa
- High protein content.
- High micronutrient content including Omega 3 and 6.
- High in minerals (potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc iodine, iron).
- Vitamins (B complex and vitamin E).
- Gluten Free.
- Single Source - Peru (Andes).
- Benefits
- High protein content
- High micronutrient content including Omega 3 and 6
- High in minerals ( potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc)
- Vitamins (B complex and vitamin E)
- Gluten Free
- Organic and conventional grade
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Consumption and Intended Use
Product is intended to be cooked, prior to consumption, to 100°C and can be consumed in several ways; adding to soups, desserts, breakfasts and used as an input to produce cereals, pasta and flour.
Properties
- Appearance
- Homogeneous
- Odor
- Characteristic
- Flavor
- Characteristic (not bitter)
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Microbiological Values
- Granulation Information
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Saponin | max. 0.01 | % | — |
| Pesticide Residues (Organic Quinoa) | Absent | — | — |
| Gluten | max. 10 | ppm | — |
| Humidity | max. 13 | % | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Plate Count | max. 700000 | cfu/g | — |
| Mold Count | max. 10000 | cfu/g | — |
| Yeast Count | max. 10000 | cfu/g | — |
| Bacillus cereus | max. 100 | cfu/g | — |
| Coliforms | max. 1000 | cfu/g | — |
| Escherichia coli | max. 3 | NMP/g | — |
| Salmonella | Absent | /25g | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Impurities | max. 0.01 | % | — |
| Other Seeds | max. 0.01 | % | — |
| Contrasting Grains | max. 0.02 | % | — |
| Sprouted Grains | max. 0.15 | % | — |
| Covered Grains | max. 0.25 | % | — |
| Immature Grains | max. 0.5 | % | — |
| Damaged Grains | max. 1.0 | % | — |
| Broken grains | max. 1.5 | % | — |
| Grain Size (retained in mesh) | min. 85 | — | ASTM 14 (1,40 mm) |
| Purity Grains | 99.98 | % | — |
| Cereal Grains (containing gluten) | Absent | — | — |
| Excrete | Absent | — | — |
| Insects | Absent | — | — |
| Stones / Quartz | Absent | — | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Information
- Retail: Bag 1 lb, 6 bags/box
- Bulk: Bag x 25 Kg
- Packing Characteristics
- Primary packaging: Doypack, 110 g
- Secondary packaging: Corrugated cardboard.
- Primary packaging: Kraft paper bag.
Retail :
- Presentation : Bag 1 lb, 6 bags/box
- Primary packaging : Doypack, 110g
- Secondary packaging : Corrugated cardboard
Bulk :
- Presentation : Bag x 25 Kg
- Primary packaging: Kraft paper bag
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 2 Years
- Storage and Transport
It must be stored under dry, ventilated and hygienic conditions, preferably under the following Conditions: Temperature: < 30ºC, relative humidity: 40% - 50%. Avoid placing boxes of other products, could deteriorate the integrity of the material and therefore the product. The product will be transported in vehicles clean, closed, without strange odors and absence of plagues.