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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Quinoa

Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wah) is an ancient food that is not yet well known in North America. The quinoa seed is high in protein, calcium and iron, a relatively good source of vitamin E and several of the B vitamins. It contains an almost perfect balance of all eight essential amino acids needed for tissue development [...]

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Spelt

Spelt comes from a wheat-like plant whose seed somewhat resembles wheat but is a bit longer and more pointed. Just like hard red winter wheat, Spelt must be planted in the fall of the year, maturing the following summer. It is an ancient grain that has been grown all over Europe for the last 9,000 [...]

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Flax Seed + Meal

Some of our most popular products are also ones that many customers are confused about: flax seed and flax meal. Flax seeds are very low carb, high nutrition seeds that are useful in many recipes. They are the seeds of the flax plant, from which linen cloth is made from. Flax has a pleasantly nutty [...]

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Welcome!

We’re excited to introduce you to the new Niblack Foods web site. We’ll be updating it frequently to keep you informed about products we carry, and we look forward to hearing any feedback you may have. Many times our customers have questions about our products so we’re going to write about different items here. We [...]

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