Edgewood, Florida – Manufacturers of baked wellness foods have now a high quality option for whole wheat. Nuchia Foods Corporation, which has earned a name for itself for providing healthy natural food, is offering 100% Chia seed floor. It is a low-fat, gluten-free nutritionally dense flour providing significant levels of Omega 3 ALA and essential minerals to the daily diet and baked products.
Explaining the attributes of the Chia seed floor, Homer L. Hartage, CEO of Nuchia Foods Corporation commented, “It (chia seed floor) has pleasant characteristics, a neutral taste and smell, and is a natural form that actually delivers commercially shelf stable omega-3 fatty acids and minerals. Diets rich in omega-3, fiber, and calcium have been shown to support healthy response to the three leading causes of death in the world today, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity.”
100% gluten-free Chia seed flour provided by Nuchia Foods is made from only Chia. It can be used by the manufacturers for wheat-free baking or as a food ingredient. Chia floor is a low fat ingredient compared to oatmeal, containing only 35 calories in comparison to oatmeal's 105 calories per serving. Ingredients of the Chia seed flour are deflated chia seeds, omega-3, omega-6, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, chromium, niacin (B3), selenium, iron, riboflavin (B2), vitamin B6, magnesium, molybdenum, zinc, copper, thiamine (B1), biotin, folate, pantothenic acid and manganese.
Chia seed gluten free flours offer new options for food manufacturers and bakeries to create heart-healthy foods. It is a natural food ingredient that offers commercial potential for the development of nutritional foods. In baked foods applications, Chia seed floor offers taste and functions identical to whole wheat. It can be used a replacement of wheat in recipes or can be used as an ingredient to create a range of nutrient rich foods.
About Nuchia Foods
Nuchia Foods Corporation, Inc. is an Orlando based food packaging company. Nuchia brand Chia seed is becoming increasingly popular with bakeries who want to produce low-calory but high-nutrient baked products. Chia seed flour is an essential replacement of whole wheat in gluten free diets. Nuchia strongly believes that Chia seed with naturally produced Omega-3 and Omega-6 will be the foundation for next generation products that are superior in nutritional value and big on taste.
Source: Nuchia Foods Corporation
