Cereals

Irupana Andean Organic Food has as one of its main lines, the cereal line. We are the pioneers of Bolivia in the transformation of the Andean cereals like, quinoa, cañawa, amaranth and the great the variety of corn.

Our cereal line is characterized for the transformation not only of Andean cereals but also the traditional ones in an integral way, i.e. that our processes guaranty the conservation of the grain with its natural fiber and germ.

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Cereals for breakfast

Integral grains

 

Integral rice IRUPANA integral rice comes from Caranavi and Alto Beni regions. It is the most important cereal of the human being nourishment particularly in this time of pollution, of poor food in nutritious qualities enriched with synthetic vitamins and artificial chemical additives that tend to accumulate in the organism. Integral rice has a very important function that is to disintoxicate and clean the organism from toxic residues that we ingest in fumigated vegetables and even in the air that we breath. A pulp and a cuticle compound integral rice; therefore it needs more time of cooking. Prepare a cup of rice in for cups of boiled water.
		Integral wheat IRUPANA offers you whole wheat, with its germ and cuticle; there you find a great part of the nutrients and fiber. The integral wheat is a very important cereal from which we elaborate many other foods such as bread and flour, is a high nutritious content food that is considered among the most complete foods of the nature.

Super cereals

History 

During the colonial period, the Andean grains: quinoa, cañawa and amaranth were not relevant for the conquerors, even during the Republic they were named as “Food for Indians”

Lately, at the last quarter of the XX century, foreign people started to show interest in them because of their excellent nutritious qualities.

Our enterprise is pioneer in the recovering and industrial transformation of the Andean grains, as well as, the recovering of their different ancient and modern cultural usages.

We wok with peasant producers that in some cases are organized but in others they work in an individual way in order to obtain selected grains from selected farming as organic and conventional. Promoting a fair and sustainable trade with the indigenous groups. 

 

Andean cereal grains Cañawa Cañawa is a cereal treated by the pre-Columbian genetic engineering of a plant known as “ajaru”. Cañawa was the “chasquis” favorite food, the athletes that used to carry the “Qhipus” running, it was the royal mail service among towns. The advantage that it has in comparison with the quinoa is that it does not have saponin (quinoa has to be washed to take out this saponin) The hardness of cañawa shell does not allow to absorb the humidity and it gathers all the conditions to keep for a long time under determined conditions. In the Andean region Cañawa is a food that once you have harvest and benefited it, it is kept and most of the time it is considered as nourishment safe. Benefits Cañawa as well as Quinua and Amaranth are Andean grains classified as pseudo-cereals due to its great amount of proteins and to the nutritional w ealth that it has. It does not have gluten. Cañawa has good quality level of proteins; it has all the limiting amino acids in important quantities. It also offers vitamins and minerals as phosphorus in great doses. Due to all these qualities, in the Andean region it was considered a high quality food because of its fiber and its easy digestion. Irupana offers the grain to prepare many kinds of dishes.
Quinoa It is named as Incas Gold Grain because of its nutritious qualities. Quinoa is a cereal that tolerates the Andean region weather; it grows in cold places and in semi torrid grounds that help to improve the quality of the grain. Benefits As the other Andean cereals, Quinoa is a cereal that has a high content of proteins whose amino acidic composition is also complete; it also has calcium in high proportions. In many places Quinoa is the only food that is produced and used in different ways, it is usually combined with cheese and wheat.
Amaranth Aztecas, Mayas, Quechuas and Aymaras gave to the Amaranth a sacred value due to its extraordinary nutritious qualities. During the Colony, people could escape from the hard labor only eating this cereal. That is why the conquerors prohibited its production and consumption. However, the minute cereal survived in isolated communities.  At the end of the XX century, NASA discovered it as a food that could be taken to the space because of its great nutritional content and minute size. Benefits In comparison with Quinoa and Cañawa, Amaranth is a cereal that has a bigger content of lysine, which is used as a treatment for people that presents some deficiency, specially for pregnant women. It also offers the greater quantity of calcium among them, so it is an important food for the growing of children. It does not have gluten It can be cooked in soups or as a replacement of rice. Irupana offers you different products elaborated with this nutritious cereal.
		Andean cereal pops IRUPANA makes quinua, cañawa and amaranth pops preserving the 80% of nutrients that these cereals have. Quinoa, amaranth and cañawa are considered as pseudo-cereals due to their high nutritious content in proteins and vegetal fat that are not common in cereals, besides the minerals and vitamins. The Andean cereals are ready to be consumed with milk, yogurt, fruit juices or salad fruits; in this way you complement the ration. You can also use them in soups and in salty preparations.
Andean cereals flakes Quinoa flakes Quinoa flakes is a food that is ready to be consumed with milk, yogurt or fruits. They are a kind of consumption that maintains the best nutrients and it is very pleasant to the palate. Because they are very light you can consume important portions of a cereal that if cooked in another dish could be heavy. Quinoa named as “Incas cereal” is very well known because of its high content of proteins and calcium. Cañawa flakes The process of cooking to which cañawa is submitted for making flakes, constitutes one of the best ones to maintain its nutrients in a concentrated way. It is a delicious and light food that contributes high portions of proteins. Its amino acids content reaches the limits, for this reason it is an ideal food for children, sport people and people that have a balanced and healthful diet with natural nourishment. Amaranth flakes Amaranth is a cereal whose proteins, vitamins and minerals contents are very important. It is a cereal specially recommended for children and pregnant women and during the period of lactation; for growing periods and for renewal of the tissues. The quality of proteins that amaranth has is very important because it has lysine, limiting amino acid that is exceptionally found in this cereal. They are a kind of consumption that maintains the best nutrients. These are precooked flakes so that they are ready to be consumed not only in breakfasts but also in salad food. They not need to be cooked.
		Power bars Included in the Andean cereal line, Irupana elaborates six kinds of nutritios bars: Amaranth, Quinoa and Cañawa Superchangos These are products specially for children because of their higher quantity of proteins, vitamins, and minerals, they do not contain sugar. They are quinoa, cañawa and amaranth bars, the grains are popped and mixed with honey bee and dried grapes. They are nutritious, easy to digest in particular light bars. Therefore, it is suitable for sport people like cilists, excurisionists because they are easy to carry everywhere and because they help you to recover energy and other nutrients. Cañawa, amaranth and quinoa superchangos covered with chocolate They are amaranth, quinoa and cañawa bars, the popped grains are mixed with honey bee and covered with chocolate. These “SUPERCHANGOS” increases your nutritious quality not only in energy, but also in proteins, vitamins and minerals. It is the best product to replace the candies for natural enriched food, which are delicious and with excellent nutritious quality.

Flours

IRUPANA offers a variety of integral flours made from whole cereals, i.e. that they preserve their respective fiber and germ.

IRUPANA chooses and processes the cereals until they convert them in flour maintaining all the nutrients of the grain under strict hygiene norms.

Integral wheat flour It is made from the whole-wheat grain. It is not white flour mixed with bran. We mill the whole grain maintaining in this way, the natural quantities of germ and cuticle that wheat has. Our milling guaranties a 98% of extraction.
		Soya flour It is the flour of raw soya that comes from Santa Cruz selected farming, apt for human being consumption. If you boil this flour you can have Soya milk. It is used in bakery and pastry mixing it with white flour. Soya is a source f vegetal protein and mainly of calcium.
Cañawa flour Cañawa flour has a high content of phosphorus, proteins and calories; this characteristic converts it into an energetic food par excellence. For any preparation you can use a 30 % of cañawa flour and a 70 % of white flour.
		Amaranth flour It is the raw and milled amaranth that comes from the top of Yungas Valley. Amaranth is a source of proteins and mainly of lysine, this aspect place it among the most nutritious food of the planet. Amaranth flour should be combined with white flour in order to use it in bakery and pastry. It can also replace the white flour in the cuisine.
Quinoa flour Is the selected and milled quinoa of the “paceño high plateau”. Quinoa is known around the world as the food rich in proteins, calcium, minerals and vitamins. It is used for bakery, pastry and also for soups.
		Willkaparu flour It is a kind of flour made from one of the great variety and nutritious corns that comes from the Valley. It is used in bakery, cuisine and also in pastry mixing it with white flour.

Pitos

Pito is a way of consuming cereals. It is an Andean technology that guaranties the assimilation of the nutrients without provoking heaviness in the stomach.

There are cereals that in addition to nourish to the human being; there are used in order to cure some sicknesses like cañawa, barley and amaranth.

IRUPANA offers you a great variety of pitos that can be consumed as a beverage with water, sugar or honey and as a hot or cold breakfast with milk, it is also used for preparing delicious soups.

Cañawa pito Cañawa is a cereal that grows in high places. It is used to eliminate phlegm that are in the throats and lungs, and also to relieve from breathing problems provoked by the height (sorojchi). As a food it is rich in proteins, calcium and phosphorus. It is ideal for people that practice high resistance sports.
		Amaranth pito It has a high content of lysine that is used for people that have a deficiency. It is recommended for pregnant women and for people and children that have an intensive physical work.
Quinoa pito Is the toasted quinoa flour rich in proteins, phosphorus and iron, ideal for women that have to suckle.
		Willkaparu pito Willkaparu corn is one of the 200 varieties of corns produced in the Valleys of Bolivia, it is an excellent food to increase milk in women, it is also recommended for people that want to get fat.

Beverages

IRUPANA offers you a line of natural beverages that need to be cooked. They serve for many preparations and besides they refresh yourself, they help you to clean your kidneys.

 

Barley beverage It is made from barley that comes from the high plateau and from the inter-Andean valleys. It is selected and toasted; besides its delicious flavor it helps you to clean your kidneys.
		Soya beverage It is made from Soya flour and rice both are produced in Santa Cruz. It is an excellent mixture to assimilate the Soya protein and it also contributes calcium, phosphorus in a great quantity.
Linseed beverage The raw material comes from the valleys. It is a special beverage to cure the ch’aqui (hangover). It cleans your liver and intestines.

Fibers

 

Wheat bran It is the pure selected and cleaned integral wheat fiber. Wheat fiber is not food, it is used for cleaning the thick intestine; it helps to correct constipation without affecting the functions of the digestive system, it does not clean the gastric juices.
		Oat bran Irupana offers you food with their natural fiber. Oat is a food whose fiber due to its solubility goes through the sanguine tube acting like a broom and cleaning the accumulated fat in the arteries. The oat bran also accomplishes a prophylactic function for sicknesses as the arteriosclerosis and others. Our oat bran is ready to be consumed it does not need to be cooked.
Wheat germ Wheat germ is used in order to prevent degenerative sicknesses. It is a natural vitamin “E” source specially for pregnant women that need to strengthen their vitamins for the formation of the skin baby. It can be also used as a mask with honey in order to give to the skin a nutritive effect. In a concentrated way, wheat germ contains all the wheat nutrients; in each teaspoon that you take you will be consuming the equivalent to 10 Kg, of wheat. Besides its curative properties, wheat germ has greater nutritious characteristics. It is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and proteins. Irupana offers you the pure wheat germ and covered with syrup. This germ does not need to be cooked; you can consume it with juices, milk and soup. The germ with syrup can be consumed with non-salad food such as milk or fruits.

Vegetarian soups

Allphi

For your delightful Irupana offers you a product named ALLPHI, an aymara term that means hodgepodge, i.e. that our product is pre-toasted flour appropiate for preparing soups, refreshments, apis (hot drinks) or to replace the white flour for a flour enriched with andean cereals.

Allphi is a mixture of cereals flours and andean legumes that contain calculated proportions to optimize the assimilation of the vegetal proteins without causing digestive problems. They are vegetal mixtures whose composition can replace the animal protein through the different aminoacids. They are flours naturally enriched through the combination of cereals and the andena legumes. It is a pre-toasted mixture to facilitate its preparation and it has many and delicious usages

You will find suggestions to prepare delicious and nutritious dishes in each bag.

Irupana offers you six different presentations of Allphi:

* Amaranth y integral rice
* Pea, barley and integral wheat
* Quinoa and jankakipa corn
* Amaranth, willkaparu corn and integral wheat
* Cañawa, pea and integral wheat