Exportación de mantequilla de Sacha Inchi a Estados Unidos

Abstract

Sacha inchi is a seed native to the Peruvian jungle that has many nutritional properties for humans due to the amount of fatty acids, omega three that it has, which has motivated farmers and entrepreneurs to start exploiting the seed for the purpose to produce derivatives such as oil and butter for export. Agriculture in Ecuador and its productive matrix has evolved a lot in recent years, more and more businesses or companies seek to generate competitiveness and provide a diverse portfolio of innovative and organic products that meet the new trends in the current food industry, taking advantage of those non-traditional products to transform them into an option for consumers not only as a substitute product but with a great contribution to the health of diners. The project is aimed at taking advantage of the sowing and harvesting characteristics that occur in our country of the sacha inchi whose seed is not yet at the levels of cultivation that it can harvest in our country and whose derivatives of the product are especially well received. in the United States for its nutritional properties, which has motivated farmers and businessmen to start exploiting the crop to export its derivatives in the future, one of them butter. With this background, the export of sacha inchi butter opens an important commercial gap generating a business alternative for small, medium and large producers, thanks to the benefits of cultivation the country offers, the cost of production per square meter does not demand much investment and in addition, its nutritional components and flavor make it desirable in the growing international market. Keywords: SACHA INCHI, BUTTER, INNOVATIVE, EXPORT, EXPLOITATION