Description
Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) Chenopodium quinoa, also known as quinoa, is a plant belonging to the Chenopodiaceae family and Chenopodium genus. Quinoa originated in the Andes Mountains of South America and has a cultivation and consumption history of 5,000–7,000 years. It flourished during the Inca civilization, one of the three major ancient civilizations of the Americas, where it was known as the “Mother of Grains.” Quinoa is recognized by international nutrition experts as an ancient “nutritional gold,” “super grain,” and “food of the future.” In the 1980s, NASA selected quinoa as a “space food.” The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognized quinoa as a unique plant-based food capable of meeting basic human nutritional needs and officially recommended it as an ideal “complete nutritional food.” The year 2013 was designated as the “International Year of Quinoa.”
