purple corn
Andean pigmented grain
Purple corn is a variety of maize with deep purple kernels, native to the Andes and cultivated for centuries in Peru and Bolivia.
The intense color comes from anthocyanins, the same pigments found in blueberries.
Purple corn is used to make chicha morada, a traditional Peruvian beverage, and appears in foods, drinks, and supplements marketed for its antioxidant content.
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- PeruvianOf a South American nation
- Peruvian cuisineFood from Lima's homeland
- AndesSouth American western range
- chichaLatin American fermented beverage
heirloom · heirloom variety · kernels · pigment · natural dye · indigo · violet · cob · antioxidant · flour · masa · tortilla · ancestral · Incan · beverage · dye · deep · earthy
- PeruPeru, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Cuzco, soles
- Purple Thingseggplant, plum, grapes, violet, lavender
- Andean agriculturequinoa, potatoes, potato, terraces, terrace farming
- specialty producegolden beets, heirloom tomatoes, romanesco, fingerling potatoes, white asparagus
- biofortified cropsgolden rice
- Food Colorantscarmine, annatto, beet red, natural color, artificial colors