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Find out about what we've been up to, useful tips and info on how eating quinoa as part of a healthy diet helps prevent diabetes.

Find out about what we've been up to, useful tips and info on how eating quinoa as part of a healthy diet helps prevent diabetes.

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Out with the Rice, in with the Quinoa

There are 3 main reasons you should be swapping out rice with quinoa; for your health, the environmental and let’s not forget, for those taste buds. Lets look at each in turn and see if I can persuade you to swap that Uncle Bens rice pack for some quinola grains. Health Quinoa is amazing for those watching their waistlines with weight loss as a goal. This is for three main reasons. It keeps you feeling fuller for longer. Quinoa is a slow-release carb, compared to carbs like white rice, it is digested a lot slower; releasing sugars into the blood...

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Meet the Farmers

Meet the Farmers

Meet Calixto. Head of quality in the coop’s processing plant. Quinoa comes in as and when cooperants want to sell a bit. Process is then the following: initial sorting to get rid of stones etc, scarified so outer saponin layer can be washed off. Put in washer and then dried outside in sun. Then goes through rotating cylinders that select for grain size. Then via optical selector that gets rid of all remaining foreign material. Finally in a wind machine that gets rid of any remaining dust. Then packed in 25kg bags

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B Corp Month March 2023

B Corp Month March 2023

March is B Corp month where we celebrate all B Corps coming together for the good of the planet, community and workers.

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10 Quick and Easy Lunches to Have at Home or Pack and Go

10 Quick and Easy Lunches to Have at Home or Pack and Go

Most days of the week, lunch is a much deserved midday break! You want a nutritious meal, that is quick and easy to make, bursting in flavour, and will fuel the rest of your day. Even if you only have 10 minutes, whether that be at lunch or meal prepping in the morning, it is still enough time to make a lunch you very well deserve! Here are our top 10 nutritious lunches you have to try. Asian inspired Crunchy Quinoa Salad This salad is perfect for meal prep and can be prepared in less than 10 minutes. Bursting with...

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