No, we haven’t invented a new platinum level award, but have received 4 separate awards from the Great Taste judges. All three of our dry quinoa products was awarded a gold star, and our Pearl & Black Quinoa Express mix was awarded a gold star as well. Great Taste awards are given by a panel of 10 judges from across the food industry, who blind taste all the submitted products (nearly 10,000 this year, so there was a lot of competition in the field). John Farrand, the organiser of Great Taste, said: “To win four 1-star Great Taste awards across...

As the Guardian reported a few days ago, there seems to be a growing willingness of UK consumers to buy ethically. This is heartening news to us at Quinola, as ethics is part of our DNA and ecology at the heart of our organic only philosophy. In the Nielsen survey a quarter of British shoppers said they would choose a Fairtrade or green product even if it cost them more money. Whenever you a buy a product in a shop, you buy and support all the supply chain that goes into it. Sometimes it’s pretty tough to know exactly what...

Its great to see that Fairtrade and excellence can go hand in hand. We were delighted that Lima, one of our restaurant clients in London, is the first Peruvian restaurant to be awarded a Michelin Star. Its beginning to be quite a tally of starred restaurants that work with our Quinoa. As we never tire of saying not all quinoas are born equal. Ours just happens to be the best! If you want to see a few recipes they do with our quinoa, have a look at the blog we posted on the quinoa recipes they had on the menu...

All the best coffees come from single estates. All the best wines come from specific vineyards. And so it is with quinoa. Most of the quinoa you find on the market is blended from wherever the last container came in from, with variable quality as a result. Ours is all sourced from a single estate: Coopain Cabana and their 500 small hold farmers. The furthest farmer from the cooperative’s central processing plant is less than 10 miles away. Which is why we can say with confidence that you will be enjoying Peru’s finest quinoa, recognised at the Mistura Gastronomic Fair...