Salba™ in the News
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Salba - the 'running food'
August 2009
The Spring 2009 issue of Diabetes Auckland's newsletter, Dia-Log, features an article on Salba.
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Yarrows support Diabetes Fundraiser
May 2009
Yarrows the Bakers were sponsors of the recent Auckland Diabete's "Lets Light it up in Blue" community fundraiser.
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Salba Bread Competition Winner
May 2009
Gail Ellison was the lucky winner one month's supply of Salba Bread.
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Food - BEST IN SHOW
August 2008
Viva, New Zealand Herald
Looking for interesting new flavours for the pantry? Here’s the pick of what the Viva team
found at this year’s Food Show
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Sneak preview of what's on at the Food Show
July 2008
TVNZ Breakfast
Breakfast TV presenter Pippa Wetzel and Auckland Food Show Director Rebecca Stewart talk about New Zealand’s most nutritious bread, Yarrows Salba™ Superbread, which was launched in Auckland at the Food Show on July 31, 2008.
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Good Nutrition - Superfood of the Week - Salba
July 2008
New Idea
By nutritionist Nikki Hart.
Salba is a variant of the tiny chia grain and was eaten by the Aztecs in Central America. It is slightly smaller than a sesame grain and is almost tasteless.
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Could an ancient grain be the superfood of the future?
May 2008
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
A small white seed grown as early as 3500BC by the Aztecs could help in the battle against life-threatening illnesses.
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Manaia manna
May 2008
New Zealand Listener
Is salba producing the best thing since sliced bread?
When Taranaki businessman and philanthropist Noel Yarrow died on April 29, his family’s business, Yarrows Family Bakers, was due to launch its latest high nutrition bread.
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Ancient grain holds surprising benefits
May 2008
Otago Daily Times
An ancient grain which has more iron than spinach, more calcium than milk, more omega-3 fatty acids than salmon and more antioxidants than blueberries has a visiting University of Toronto professor excited about its potential.
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Grain once grown by the Aztecs being used in Kiwi bread
April 2008
Campbell Live, TV3
In Taranaki, they have just started baking a bread made with a grain you have probably never heard of. It is called salba, and was once grown by the ancient Aztecs of South America.
Yarrows believes salba may ensure the future well-being of its business, and that others may find benefits in its daily bread.
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The latest thing since sliced bread
April 2008
The Independent Financial Review
A Taranaki baker claims a “super-bread” using an ancient Aztec grain provides $50 worth of nutrition – for around $4.
Yarrows Family Bakers says the bread has significant health benefits and has attracted interest from the Middle East.
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Baker excited about new super-grain bread
April 2008
Sunday Star-Times
The humble slice of bread has been transformed into a potentially lifesaving functional food thanks to an ancient Aztec grain.
New Zealand’s largest independent bakery, Yarrows Family Bakers, has collaborated with two Peruvian farmers to develop “superbreads” containing the grain salba.
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8 new foods to burn off fat
February 2008
Oxygen Magazine
Salba™ may sound like a relative of Salma Hayek, but this is the newest super-food.
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Salba’s nutritional benefits may grow on you
December 2007
City News
City News Health Specialist Laura DiBattista talks to Dr Vladimir Vuksan about Salba™’s amazing nutritional benefits.
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Ancient grain offers heart hope
November 2007
New Zealand Herald
People with type 2 diabetes may lessen their cardiovascular risk by eating a whole grain originating from the ancient Aztecs, Canadian researchers suggest.
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Aztec-derived grain may cut heart risks from diabetes
November 2007
Reuters Health (New York)
People with type 2 diabetes may lessen their cardiovascular risk by eating a whole grain originating from the ancient Aztecs, Canadian researchers suggest.
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There's more to chia than just growing pets
November 2007
Globe and Mail
A variant of the novelty plant's grain may decrease blood pressure, reduce inflammation and thin blood in diabetics
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Simple grain offers health benefits to diabetics
November 2007
CTV News (Canada)
New research has discovered that an ancient grain, known as chia or Salba™, can help regulate blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease in diabetics.
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Salba™ supergrain is nutritional goldmine
November 2007
CTV News (Canada)
CTV Medical Specialist Avis Favaro on how Salba™ could be the world’s most nutritious food.
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Novel wholegrain may help combat diabetes complications
November 2007
University of Toronto Bulletin
Adding novel whole grain Salba™, a variant of the grain that sprouts from the popular “Chia Pet,” to a healthy diet may reduce the risk of heart disease in people with Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
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Is Salba™ the new black?
April 2007
Alive Magazine
Salba™ is not really new. Salvia hispanica L. is a variety of an ancient plant species called Chia. The Aztecs used Chia as a staple in their diet, believing the seed possessed mystical energy and supernatural powers. Five hundred years later, Salba™ is making a comeback
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Salba™ – A gift from the ancient Aztecs
April 2007
Total Health
In a world plagued by ever-increasing chronic disease, it may be time to look to the past for answers and follow the wisdom of ancient healers.
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Salba™: A functional food superstar
August 2006
Naturally Speaking
Move over flax seed, there’s a new super-food in town. Thanks to the diligent work of research scientists, an ancient power food has made a comeback with even more health benefits than ever.
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Vice Squad: Salba™ seed - An ancient nutritional wonder
May 2006
The Toronto Star
Chances are you’re not familiar with Salba seed. It turns out that Salba is back in fashion, granted it only took about 500 years, but as the saying goes ‘what’s old is new again’.
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Stealth Health: Bringing better nutrition to kids’ lunches
April 2006
Saturday Evening Post
A new "supergrain" on its way to schools across the United States may help reverse the growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes now threatening America's children--but don't tell the kids. It's a secret!
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Nutrition Bulletin: Research Alert
February 2006
Men’s Health
A Canadian firm has developed a flavourless product called Salba™ that the company claims will make food healthier.
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Seeds of Wellness: Return of a supergrain
December 2005
Saturday Evening Post
The Aztec civilization may never rise again, but part of its ancient legacy may be a gift of better health to those who have rediscovered the secret of its prized "running food."
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Chia offers most omega-3
October 2005
Specialty Food Magazine
Salba Research & Development, a Toronto-based firm, claims to have developed the world’s richest whole-food source of Omega-3.
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