The United Nations has declared 2013 ‘International Year of the Quinoa’ in order to highlight the value of the grain, which is seen as an alternative quality food source for countries that are food insecure.
Quinoa contains all nine essential amino-acids, is rich in minerals and vitamins and is gluten free, a press release from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said.
“Like the potato, it was one of the main foods of the Andean peoples before the Incas,”
