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Peru hopes Europe get nuts about a new Superseed too
Sacha Inchi is a seed that’s eaten like a nut and is the next new big superfood trend in Asia right now. Sacha inchi is native to South America and Southeast Asia and currently sold as a snack, natural, with salt or in other flavours. It is crunchy like a nut and comes with a buttery after flavour. The seed has high levels plant-based omega-3s and is rich is proteins.
One of the companies in Peru that has been in a pioneer in sustianable development of sacha inchi is Agroindustrias Osho, from Callao. The company is involved in the whole supply chain, from farm to the processing and exporting. The company produced sacha inchi seed oils, protein powders, extruded snacks and roasted and flavoured seeds.
According to the management team of the company, Juan and Miguel Navarro, demand for sacha inchi seed is booming right now. Consumers in markets like the US and South Korea are extremly interested in the seed as a natural and healthy snack product, used for direct consumption or in salads or healthy breakfast mixes. Sacha inchi is an excellent product for consumers looking for green proteins and omega3s.
Visitors of Food Matters Live in London and Fi Europe in Frankfurt, both the end of this month, will have the opportunity to taste different snacks with sacha inchi seed and also can learn more about the health benefits.
PromPeru, together with AgroIndustrias Osho and other companies from the sector, with support from Dutch development agency CBI, are currently working on a novel food application for the sacha inchi seed. Sacha inchi oil is already for sale on the European market. Expectation is that in the near future many European consumers will follow the international snacking trend and will embrace the sacha inchi seed.
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Agroindustrias Osho is a Peruvian company founded in 2007, that is a leading supplier of sustainable natural and organic ingredients from the Peruvian biodiversity ideal for the cosmetic, food, nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical industries. They market their products with their own trademark Naturik and also do private labelling. Their product portfolio is divided in two business lines: Naturik Specialty Oils and Naturik Super Foods.
Naturik Specialty Oils is a line of cold pressed oils and butters from seeds and fruits from the Peruvian biodiversity that present excellent properties for the cosmetic and nutraceutical industries. This line contains for example Chia seed oil, Sacha Inchi Extra Virgin Oil and Passion Fruit Seed Oil.
Naturik Super Foods is a line of high nutrient whole foods that confer health benefits. These products are from the Peruvian nature and are produced using organic agricultural methods with minimal processing. This line contains Super Foods like cacao nibs, chia, Lucuma, Maca, Mesquite, Quinoa, Sacha Ichi and Cane suger.
This company is committed to socially and environmentally responsible business practices. They source their premium raw materials from their own crops and through direct partnerships with farming communities contributing directly to regional development and environmental preservation. Furthermore they were recognized as a member of the Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT) in 2014, an international non-profit association that promotes ethical trade of ingredients originating from native biodiversity.
