quinoa roja
Red quinoa
Red quinoa is reddish or reddish-brown quinoa seed, rinsed and cooked for grain-like sides, salads, soups and other dishes.
About Red quinoa
Red quinoa is quinoa sold with reddish or reddish-brown outer seed colour. The small, round seeds are used much like other quinoa: they are rinsed and cooked in water or stock, then served as a grain-like side or incorporated into salads, soups and other dishes. It is a seed, not a cereal grain.
Cooked red quinoa tends to retain a distinct, slightly chewy texture and a mild, earthy, nutty flavour. It is commonly sold as dry whole seed; cooked, flaked, milled or blended products are different forms and may have different cooking characteristics. The red colour can become less pronounced after cooking.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Red quinoa nutrition & diet
Red quinoa nutritional value
Product example: RED QUINOA (Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. )
Per 100 g of this specific product as recorded by USDA, per 100 g.
- Calories
- 378kcal
- Protein
- 13.3g
- Carbs
- 64.4g
- Fat
- 5.6g
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Compare dry seed with dry seed, or cooked quinoa prepared with similar liquid and cooking conditions; cooked values are affected by water uptake. Flakes, flour and mixed products are not equivalent to whole dry seed.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central branded product — RED QUINOA ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
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