Trying to find the cheapest place to buy quinoa. Haven't seen the macro organic quinoa at woolworths for a few months and the price of 500g quinoa at coles has had a massive price increase from around $7 to around $10 a packet. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Quinoa
barghunt1 on 20/01/2014 - 21:27
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Thanks for the suggestion. I checked out the price and its about the same as the health food stores and slightly more expensive than Coles at about $12.60 per 500g.
http://www.goodness.com.au/shop/grains/Organic-White-Quinoa-…
Costco has the best priced organic Quinoa. 1.81kg for $12.
Agreed. I couldn't remember the exact price, but knew it was significantly cheaper than anywhere else I had seen it.
That is a really good price. I don't have membership to shop there but thanks for the suggestion.
The current international price is crazy compared to what it was just 7 years ago.
Even in Bolivia I think they now they pay like 30 Bolivianos/$5 a kilo, which is very expensive for them, and ironically it was always seen as the native poor man's food.
Every dish with quinoa I had in South America was tasteless but maybe it's the way they prepare it? Without roasting/frying you probably don't get that nutty flavour people keep talking about.
I ordered a cous cous in a trendy vegetarian Bolivian restaurant and they used quinoa instead of semolina without a mention in the menu. For the record it also turned out tasteless :(
Yep it's our appetite for quinoa that's driven up the price for locals. Sad
Has something happened recently for such a large price increase at coles though? Also the disappearance of the macro organic quinoa at woolworths in recent months makes me wonder whether there is supply issue? I'm just guessing.
not really news….. but a recent comment on quinoa et al….
http://indaily.com.au/food-and-wine/2014/01/20/eating-quinoa…
and this from last year
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-…
I'm not sure how good this is compared to other places, but my girlfriend gets hers from http://www.goodness.com.au/