QUINOA GRAIN PROCESSING AND PRODUCTS
Quinoa grain products having a reduced bitter flavor with a sweet taste or crunchy texture Provided is a method of processing quinoa gram comprising the steps of pre-conditioning the quinoa grain, conditioning the pre-conditioned quinoa grain, germinating the conditioned quinoa gram, incubating the germinated quinoa grain, converting the incubated quinoa grain, and reducing the converted quinoa grain, whereby the process yields a sweet edible quinoa product The method may include moist heating and dry heating of the quinoa grain The dped edible quinoa product is particularly useful to flavor and/or texture bakery products, nutption bars, granolas, confections and chocolates The processed grain can withstand additional and/or extreme food processing and can be used as a replacement for allergenic nuts, and seeds.