Inca Peanut
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Inca nut is a semi-woody, vining perennial plant in the Euphorbiaceae family native to the high altitude rain forests of the Andes in South America. It is grown for the large seed and seed oil, used in cooking. Raw seeds are inediblebut roasting after shelling makes them palatable. The viscous...
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Abstract, Food Science and Nutrition, 2018 Plukenetia volubilisor Inca peanut is a promising plant with high economic value. Its seeds can be pressed for oil production or roasted and served as a snack, while the dried leaves can be used to make a kind of tea. Although the oil from the cold‐...
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30-10-2015 Inca nut (Plukenetia volubilis) is a forest plant from the South American Amazon where it has been used as a wild food source for over 3000 years. It is gaining attention as a valuable vegetable oil crop, and is now being grown more widely. ECHO recently obtained seed from Southeast Asia, which...
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Abstract, International Journal of Food Properties, 2019 The object of this study was to determine the effect of cooking method on the fatty acid composition, mineral content, and physicochemical properties of Sacha inchi. The analysis showed that roasting at 160 for 6minutes significantly...