Quinoa is an annual seed-producing flowering plant (Chenopodium quinoa) grown as a grain crop. It is a pseudocereal, not a grass, unlike wheat and rice.
Nutrition facts: Quinoa, cooked – 100 grams | Amount |
| Calories | 120 |
| Water | 72 % |
| Protein | 4.4 g |
| Carbs | 21.3 g |
| Sugar | 0.9 g |
| Fiber | 2.8 g |
| Fat | 1.9 g |
| Saturated | 0.23 g |
| Monounsaturated | 0.53 g |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.08 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.09 g |
| Omega-6 | 0.97 g |
| Trans fat | ~ |