Chocho Protein Powder

If you’re not familiar with chocho, it’s a lupin (same legume family as peanuts, peas, lentils, and soybeans) that packs one of the highest protein levels. It’s exclusively grown by native farmers in the Ecuadorian Ades at an elevation of 11-14,000 feet. Ricky Echanique, a fifth generation farmer and athlete, was seeking new options in plant-based nutrition, and realized that chocha was a perfect source for nutrient-dense protein powder. Chocho packs nore protein than any other plant, is high in fiber, calcium, vitamin E, magnesium, zinc, copper, and has all nine essential amino acids and BCAAs including leucine, isoleucine, and valine; it’s low in carbs, too. In addition to its benefits once harvested, chocho is a regenerative plant that thrives on rain water, pulls nitrogen from the air deep into its roots, and leaves the soil healthy and fertile for new. crops. Mikuna offers its chocho powder in three varieties—natural (with only one ingredient), vanilla and cacao (with an additional four ingredients—vanilla or cacao, organic coconut blossom nectar, organic monk fruit extract and sea salt). Mikuna is also B Corp certified. Price is for a 1.8lb bag (21 servings).