Purple Corn

Purple Corn Extract Powder

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Purple Corn Extract Powder

Purple corn has just about the highest antioxidant content of any food- even more than blueberries! Rich in beneficial phenolics and anthocyanins, our heirloom Kculli variety of Purple Corn is grown in a pristine Peruvian valley. Since ancient times, people have soaked Purple Corn kernels in water to make a purple drink called chinca. Today, the benefits of Purple Corn are available in this concentrated powder, to give your smoothies and energy drinks a purple-powdered anti-oxidant kick!

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Purple Corn Kernels 5 lb

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Purple Corn Kernels 5 lb

Why Purple Corn? Lately, we’ve been rediscovering the roots of our food. Long before we had bred our grains and fruits to be big, quick-to-grow, easy-to-harvest and easy-to-store, we had foods that were much denser in both nutrition and flavor. Take corn. We now know that one of the most ancient forms is Kculli,  a beautiful purple variety that was once a staple in the Incan empire, and almost became one of the “lost crops of the Incas”. Luckily, Purple Corn is still grown in Peru.  It and other, later-developed strains of  purple corns are staples in South America, but this incredible food...

$20.50