Chia World
Chia tops Google search data
Fri, 26/07/19 - 12:30
By Clara Paz
Using 10 years of Google search data, Sousvidetools.com, the UK food and technology equipment supplier looked at the overall score for each year from 2009 to 2018 and calculated the percentage change between the two years.
It found that the world’s taste buds are c
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Chia de France supports research
Fri, 26/01/18 - 08:00
By Adriana Michael
Chia de France is supporting the development of a chia culture to ensure availability of a new plant source of Omega 3. The chia agricultural sector is new to France and Europe. Chia de France is an initiative to support and finance research projects, to address the healt
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Official launch of “Chia de France”
Mon, 12/06/17 - 14:00
By Adriana Michael
The official launch of the seal "Chia Produite en France" takes place at the “Cité Universitaire” in Paris on June 27th. The event is to create awareness that just 10 grams of chia seeds per day provide 100 percent of the nutritional needs of Omega 3 ou
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First chia cultivated in France
Wed, 25/01/17 - 11:01
By Adriana Michael
PANAM Semences recently announced that it would be the first company to bring to market ORURO®, a chia seed variety growing well in the south of France. Established in Chile as Semameris in 1986, the Franco-Chilean Group started PANAM in France in 1998. The family-own
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Andean Grain expands into new markets
Mon, 12/12/16 - 19:34
By Warren Beaumont
South American producer Andean Grain Products is expanding its organic & conventional chia into retail-ready products, helped by increasing demand for high-quality omega-3 products and vegetarian proteins. Warren Beaumont spoke with company co-founder Thomas Spillane
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Mamma Chia helps drive chia seed renaissance
Fri, 17/06/16 - 06:57
By Warren Beaumont
Mamma Chia, started by entrepreneur Janie Hoffman in 2009, has become a strong US based chia brand that besides an amazing and delicious line of energy drinks and bars has a strong commitment to sustainability and social justice programs. Here is some information Ms. Ho
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Hopes rise for chia market growth
Tue, 01/12/15 - 12:49
By Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Sales and demand for chia products have grown strongly in recent years, raising its status as an Aztec ‘superfood,’ while some producers have experienced price and supply issues.
The chia seed market, hampered by turbulence since 2014, shows signs of a stea
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Chia wave hits Japan
Tue, 01/12/15 - 05:28
By Annemarie Kruse
Chia seeds and other superfoods have finally reached Japan. Over the last six months, some of the larger domestic supermarket chains and organic specialty stores have added superfood products, such as chia seeds, coconut oil, wheatgrass, acai berry and maca powder, to t
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Chia World
Tue, 25/08/15 - 10:22
By O.W.N News Network
Introducing a new feature with all news related to chia, the tiny slavia hispanica white and black seed. If you are a chia producer, processor or trader and would like to contribute to CHIA WORLD please contact wbeaumont@organicwellnessnews.com
Organic & Wellness N
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2014 The ‘Year of Chia?’
Wed, 25/06/14 - 23:34
By Warren Beaumont
Supply bottlenecks for organic chia sourcing reported by O.W.N. in May 2013 due to higher demand and lower crop yields appear to have eased this year, with a resulting drop in price, while some suppliers believe there are major issues over chia transparency and quality in
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New application for chia seeds approval in EU as novel food
Fri, 13/12/13 - 13:15
UK company Nutrisure has asked the UK Food Standards Agency’s expert advisers on novel foods to consider an application and an opinion for chia seeds to be approved for use in the European Union (EU) under the simplified approval procedure. Views were sought on the
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Spotlight on chia in cereal bars
Sun, 06/05/12 - 14:21
By Adriana Michael, Warren Beaumont
From animal clay shapes with sprouted seeds popular in the U.S. market during the 1980s, to superfood known by a few foodies and found at some natural health food stores in the 1990s, Chia seeds have been gaining momentum during the last five years reaching now the full s
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