My instant hot quinoa cereal business is 4 years gone, but I
am always excited to see new quinoa products arrive on the market, especially ready-to-eat quinoa.
I Heart Keenwah, a quinoa snack
company, began selling their wares in 2011.
Available in 4 certified gluten free flavors; Cranberry
Cashew, Almond, Chocolate Sea Salt and Ginger Peanut, they are sold in 4 ounce
packages at $4.99 per pack (retail). That comes in at $1.25 per ounce but you
get quite a bang for your buck+. Bite-sized and full-flavored, each quinoa
cluster is made with organic Bolivian quinoa
(natch), its quinoa in three forms, whole, flaked and crisped. The variations
in how the quinoa is processed, along with the added nuts, make for great
texture, no matter which flavor.
Cranberry Cashew
had a firm crunch and a sweet piquancy, the slightly bitter flavor of the
quinoa pumped up by the cranberries natural tang. The cashews add a suave
creaminess.
Almond had a bit
of a softer chew and a smooth sweetness. Made without fruit, the salt is more
noticeable in the Almond flavor than in the Cranberry Cashew but it’s a
pleasant, not overwhelming saltiness that serves as a foil for the sugar.
Unlike some other quinoa products, the dietary fiber in this
snack is low at under 1 gram per ounce but the protein gets a boost from each
flavor’s added nuts and comes in at 2 to 3 grams per ounce. Three types of sweetener – honey, cane syrup
and tapioca syrup - push the sugars to 7 to 9 grams per ounce or about the same
as an energy bar.
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My instant hot quinoa cereal business is 4 years gone, but I
am always excited to see new quinoa products arrive on the market, especially ready-to-eat quinoa. I Heart Keenwah, a quinoa snack
company, began selling their wares in 2011.