Chia seed contains a variety of volatile ingredients that can be used to make a flavoring agent as a source of aromatic ingredients. The surface of Chia seeds contains mucopolysaccharide, which can be used as a raw material for embedding and film modification. The leaves of Chia seeds contain compounds such as caryophyllene, decyl alcohol and decylene dichloride, which can effectively resist insect damage.
Chia seeds are the edible seeds of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to central and southern Mexico,or of the related Salvia columbariae of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around 2 millimetres (0.08 in). The seeds are hygroscopic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked and developing a mucilaginous coating that gives chia-based foods and beverages a distinctive gel texture.
Conventional Mexican Chia Seeds with ozone disinfection. CIF/ FOB FOB: 2.4 USD; for one FCL floor loaded with 800 polypropylene bags of 25 kilos. First quality with 99.5% purity
China: Conventional Mexican Chia seeds with irradiation disinfection FOB/ CIF 2.8 USD; for one 12 palettes containers with 500 kraft bags of 25 kilos.