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Mesquite is a fruit pod, elongated, when ripe is yellow with high nutritional value and when stored for more than three months becomes a dark yellow color, but without losing its nourishing properties, it contains: Protein B2, B6, which are rich in iron due to the immense depths its roots reaches, they are estimated to reach more than 50 meters, absorbing iron-rich minerals preserve carbohydrates which they convert into an energy product.
Scientific Name : Prosopis pallida
Origin : Mesquite has been used as a staple food for centuries by desert dwelling peoples. The mesquite tree produces leguminous pods that are ground into a fine powder which has an incredible rich, nutty, smoky, molasses-like flavor, with a hint of caramel. Mesquite Powder is a good source of fiber and also has potassium, zinc, calcium, and magnesium.
Benefits :
Traditional Use :
It has been quoted in Peru to have many medicinal uses, such as a juice where it is used as a purgative, for stomach aches, chills, dysentery, excrescences, eyes, flu, headache, hoarseness, swelling, itching, measles, throat, and wounds; Lewis (1977). Aqueous and alcoholic extracts are remarkably antibacterial. University of Arizona (1972). The pods were used by the indigenous people of northern Peru to make bread, and this use is claimed noting the high nutritional value of bread made from the dried and ground pods. In Peru a concentrated infusion made of carob pods a drink called "carob" is used, and how sweet syrup in fruit juices by high sugar content; NAS (1979). The nutritional value and digestibility of the ground pods are comparable to alfalfa, however, it needs to be processed.
STORAGE AND STABILITY: Keep in a cool dry place, away from heat sources. The stability of 24 months from the date of production.
PRODUCTION CAPACITY : Up to 100 tons per month.
CERTIFICATIONS:
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