Nutritional Value and Use of the Andean Crops Quinoa (<i>Chenopodium quinoa</i>) and Kañiwa (<i>Chenopodium pallidicaule</i>)

Repo‐Carrasco‐Valencia, Ritva; Rosa Aguirre Espinoza, Carmen; Jacobsen, Sven‐Erik

doi:10.1081/fri-120018884

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Nutritional Value and Use of the Andean Crops Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule)

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Ritva Repo‐Carrasco‐Valencia

Carmen Rosa Aguirre Espinoza

Sven‐Erik Jacobsen

Abstract

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoaWilld.) and kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicauleAellen) are native food plants of high nutritional value grown in the Andean region and used as food by the Incas and previous cultures. Quinoa and kañiwa served as a substitute for scarce animal proteins and are still one of the ...

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Chenopodium quinoa

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