Buckwheat in Guyang

Buckwheat, a special product of Guyang, grows in the original ecological environment of Guyang. Farmers cultivate it in the traditional way, without applying chemical fertilizers or pesticides. It is pure green, pollution-free, unique in flavor and rich in nutrition. It is a good nutritional and health food. Buckwheat, a Polygonaceae crop, is a cereal grain with a triangular shape, black skin color, smooth and bright surface and edges. Buckwheat has become a world food crop and one of the main miscellaneous crops in China. Buckwheat has small yield, short growth period and strong adaptability. In China, it mainly grows in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China, especially in Inner Mongolia, where Guyang Buckwheat is the first. Guyang buckwheat is exported to Japan, South Korea and other places and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. The contents of protein and eight essential amino acids in buckwheat are higher than those in rice, wheat and corn. The content of lysine in buckwheat is 0.69%, which is 2-3 times that of corn. The content of tryptophan is 0.188%, which is 20-30 times that of corn. The fat content is second only to oats and corn, but higher than rice and wheat. Buckwheat contains 9 kinds of fatty acids, among which oleic acid and linoleic acid account for 75% of the total fatty acids, followed by palmitic acid and linolenic acid. Buckwheat is also rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus and trace elements such as iron, copper, zinc and selenium, among which the contents of magnesium, potassium, iron and copper are 2-3 times that of rice and wheat.
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