Quinta Quinoa has been
selected the International Startup of the Year during the VitaFoods Europe
Conference in Europe.
It comes shortly after it was
selected as one of the top 10 International Innovation Award winners at SIAL.
“What makes our Quinta
Quinoa superior is that it has almost twice the protein and four times the
mineral levels of standard quinoa, which is considered a superfood in itself,”
said company president Jamie Draves of Rockwood, Ont.
“We have started to call it
the ‘Super of the Superfoods’,” he said.
Since the launch Quinta Quinoa
in early 2016, demand for this quinoa has been strong, and availability has
expanded to multiple retail locations across Ontario, he said.
With record yields of 2,000 pounds
per acre last year, Quinta is currently the only quinoa brand on the market
that has completed the nutritional testing necessary to be able to make the
claims of being high in protein, fibre and zinc, and an excellent source of
iron and magnesium, and a source of calcium, he said.
