Chia Seed -
Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
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Chia Seed

(Chia Seed) Chia seed, scientificly known as Salvia hispanica, is a species of
flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern
Mexico and Guatemala. It is considered a pseudocereal. It is cultivated for its
edible, hydrophilic chia seed, a food rich in omega-3 fatty acids; howeven, chia
seeds are much more expensive than flax seeds, which are also rich in omega-3
fatty acids. The actual size of the individual chia seeds are about 1 mm. in
length. Chia seed is grown and commonly used as food in several
countries of western South America, western Mexico, and the southwestern United
States.
Scientific Name:
Salvia hispanica
Carbohydrate Factor:
4.07
Fat Factor:8.37
Protein Factor:
3.47
Nitrogen to Protein Conversion Factor:
5.3
Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion.
Sources of Data
1R. Ayerza, Wayne
Coates An omega-3 fatty acid enriched chia diet:
Influence on egg fatty acid composition, cholesterol and
oil content , 1999 Canadian Journal of Animal
Science 79 pp.53-58
2R. Ayerza, Wayne
Coates Some quality components of four chia
(Salvia hispanica L.) genotypes grown under tropical
coastal desert ecosystem conditions , 2009 Asian J
Plant Sci 8 4 pp.301-307
3R. Ayerza, Wayne
Coates Influence of environment on growing period
and yield, protein, oil and a-linolenic content of three
chia (Salvia hispanica L.) selections
, 2009 Industrial Crops and Products 30 pp.321-324
4R. Ayerza, Wayne
Coates Composition of chia (Salvia hispanica)
grown in six tropical and subtropical ecosystems of
South America , 2004 Tropical Science 44
pp.131-135
5Ministry of Public
Health Analysis of Salvia hispanica chia seed
, 2003
6B. Heuer Effect
of late salinization of chia (Salvia hispanica), stock
(Matthiola tricuspidata) and evening primrose (Oenothera
biennis) on their oil content and quality
, 2002 Industrial Crops and Products 15 pp.163-167
7R. Ayerza, Wayne
Coates Seed yield, oil content and fatty acid
composition of three botanical sources of +-3 fatty acid
planted in the Yungas ecosystem of tropical Argentina
, 2008 Tropical Science 47 4 pp.183-187
8AZChia Personal
communication with Wayne Coates, PhD of AZChia,
professor emeritus at U Arizona , 2011
Langual Code(s)
- A0305 SEED OR SEED PRODUCT (US CFR)
- A1282 1200 NUT AND SEED PRODUCTS (USDA SR)
- B1723 CHIA
- C0155 SEED
- E0150 WHOLE, NATURAL SHAPE
- F0001 EXTENT OF HEAT TREATMENT NOT KNOWN
- G0003 COOKING METHOD NOT APPLICABLE
- H0138 WATER REMOVED
- J0116 DEHYDRATED OR DRIED
- K0003 NO PACKING MEDIUM USED
- M0001 CONTAINER OR WRAPPING NOT KNOWN
- N0001 FOOD CONTACT SURFACE NOT KNOWN
- P0024 HUMAN FOOD, NO AGE SPECIFICATION
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The
above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31):
'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every
tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the
earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that
has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all
that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!