Tunkahuan Quinoa.- Quinoa is a native grain from the Andes, with exceptional nutritional value, mainly due to its high protein content; this grain is known by the natives as the "mother grain" because it is like breast milk, in terms of its nutritional contribution.
This cereal doesn't have gluten which enables its use in the diet for people with overweight or convalescents.
Main Harvest Months: June to August.
Banana.- Bananas are mainly grown in Ecuadorian Coast; this fruit has high potassium content that helps guard against high blood pressure, atherosclerosis and strokes, besides they contain a soluble fiber that aid in the digestive process.
Main Harvest Months: We've production in all year, being from December to May high season and June to November low season.
Pitahaya or Dragon Fruit.- The Pitahaya is an exotic fruit that is mainly grown in Ecuadorian East; this fruit has high Vitamin C content that is essential for the formation of bones, strengthening the immune system, also it is a good supplement for diets or obesity treatments and to detoxify the body.
This fruit is sweet with oval-shaped and deep red or yellow color, has its frothy pulp with small, soft seeds which can be edible.
According to the variety the Dragon fruit can measure between 8 and 12 cm long and between 6 to 10 cm diameters; it can weigh until 380 g.
Main Harvest Months: February – March and July – August.
Arabic Coffee Beans.- Coffee consumption is beneficial for kidney disease as the formation of kidney stones, it also reduces the risk of colon cancer or cirrhosis.
The high content of antioxidants in coffee makes healthy to slow aging.
Its fruits (drupa or cherry) are oval; each drupa usually has two coffee beans that are covered by a membrane as film named “silverskin”.
Seeds can measure between 8,5 to 12,7 mm.
The Arabic varieties most grown in Ecuador are: Tipical, Caturra, Bourbon, Pacas, Catuaí, Catimor and Sarchimor.
Main Harvest Months: April to August
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