AltiPlano Gold instant hot cereals are 100% gluten free and wheat free! They're also a great source of protein. Quinoa provides an ideal balance of all eight essential amino acids. Whether you’re a vegetarian or not, you get complete balanced protein in every serving.

All of AltiPlano Gold's cereals have been tested to the most rigorous gluten-free standards available, the ELISA Assay test. In this test, the Neogen Veratox® Gliadin test, our cereals were rated at Below The Level of Detection or less than 10 parts per million (ppm). The Neogen Veratox® Gliadin test is equally cross-reactive with gliadin/gluten for wheat, rye, and barley. One ppm is equal to 1 mg of gluten in 1 kg of sample product.

There is no contamination or cross-contamination in our cereals.

The ELISA Assay test is the test used by the government of Canada to determine if gluten-free marketing claims may be made for any food product

While non-essential amino acids are produced by our bodies, essential amino acids cannot be made by the body and must be eaten. We must eat eight essential amino acids: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.

The following chart compares the essential amino acid content in 1 cup of quinoa to that of wheat and oats.

Quinoa is naturally high in calcium, iron, and is a great source of dietary fiber.

Source: USDA.gov.