Edible Landscapes Virtual Tour - ARGENTINE MESQUITE

Edible Characteristics:

The mess of beans each tree produces every year contain a nutritious pulp. This pulp can be extracted via milling and processed into sweet flour that possesses a characteristic smoky, malty flavor. However, one can’t simply walk up to any tree and harvest pods. Each tree, unless grown from a cutting, is genetically unique and may produce flour high in bitter tannins. As it happens to be, these ones produce beans that are bitter and chalky.

Health Benefits:

Mesquite flour is highly nutritious and promotes satiety, leaving you feeling full longer because of its high fiber content. It is also low in fat and helps stabilize insulin in the body which makes it a great food for diabetics. Further, mesquite flour contains high amounts of calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc, sulfur and other vitamins and minerals which are proven to maintain good bone health.