- Article
Nutritional Composition of Six Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus) Andean Varieties
- Jenny Mérida-López,
- Sander Jonathan Pérez,
- Björn Bergenståhl,
- Jeanette Purhagen and
- Cinthia Carola Rojas
Amaranthus caudatus is a nutrient-rich Andean pseudocereal with wide genetic variability. Six productive varieties (Oscar Blanco, Pucara, Tomina, Cotahuasi, Barbechos, and Guindo Criollo) were compared by proximate, mineral, and fatty acid compositio...

