Description

The Amaranth is a natural plant from the high Peruvian Andes cultured since Inca’s times. There are more than 1, **0 varieties of amaranth plants in Peru, the most well-known are the Oscar white also from Cusco. The nutritional value of the grain is high and reaches between *2 % and *6 % of proteins. Likewise. Amaranth has naturally high amounts of lysine, methionine and cysteine combined with a fine balance of amino acids making it an excellent source of high quality, balanced protein, which is more complete than the protein found in most grains.