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Andean
Dream Quinoa Products - The History
Andean Dream was founded by Ingrid
Hirstin Lazcano CEO, a Los Angeles businesswoman, and her husband
Fernando Lazcano Dunn, a former Bolivian career diplomat. Ingrid
learned of the benefits of quinoa first-hand, while working
on a public relations campaign in 2005 for a research scientist
and author who specializes in improving health through eating
alkaline-rich foods like quinoa. Intrigued, she started
eating the grain on a regular basis and noticed a significant
increase in energy and a true feeling of wellbeing. This sparked
her desire to create a line of products for U.S. consumers to
share with them the benefits of this unique Superfood.
In 2006 Ingrid traveled to Bolivia, with Fernando's
help who was serving as Consul General of Bolivia in Los Angeles,
to locate the best quinoa and identify the best suppliers
to help her pursue this venture. High in the Bolivian Andes
she found quinoa real (royal quinoa in English), which
is prized over other quinoa varieties for its high protein
and amino acid content, and she established business relationships
with Andean Valley, Bolivia’s largest exporter of organic
royal quinoa, and La Francesa, a company with three generations
of experience manufacturing cookies.
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