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100% grower-owned Kernza.
We supply brands and manufacturers with the highest quality certified organic, regenerative organic certified (ROC) and non-GMO perennial ingredients with a focus on sustainable U.S. domestic supply.
Perennial Promise Grower’s Cooperative is committed to sustainability, traceability and fair pay.
why kernza?
Kernza is the first commercially available perennial grain.
Transitioning from an annual model (i.e. corn, wheat, soybeans) to a perennial model is the best chance we have to create a truly regenerative food system across the globe.
Crop characteristics
Kernza’s extensive root system prevents erosion, cleans water, mitigates nitrate leaching, improves soil health, and sequesters more atmospheric carbon than traditional wheat, making it both a grain and climate solution. Perennial grasslands sequester 300 - 1,000 pounds of atmospheric carbon per acre per year.
For Brands & Processors
Commercial launch
Kernza’s commercial launch is the result of an unprecedented coalition of land grant universities, farmers, research partners, processors, and CPG companies from 15 states and 10 countries, including leadership from the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative.
Formulation and quality characteristics
Kernza has a unique sweet & nutty flavor profile, and is mahogany in color. It is most often used as a blended ingredient with inclusion rates between 10-50% (depending on the application). It does contain gluten, but at different rates than wheat (which affects dough elasticity). With proper storage conditions, Kernza flour would be considered shelf stable.
Uses of Kernza
Flour
Bread
Tortillas
Crackers
Extruded and puffed snacks
Cereals
Beer
Nutritional profile & comparisons
Nutrients (G/100G unless noted)
Kernza whole grain
White wheat berries
Kernza refined flour
All purpose white flour
Moisture
8.5
13.75
8.1
11.9
Ash
2.4
N/A
0.6
0.47
Calories
368
318
368
364
Protein
19.2
9.24
17.5
10.3
Carbohydrates
67.3
73.7
73.2
76.3
Dietary Fiber
18.0
10.3
4.3
2.7
Soluble Fiber
3.6
N/A
1.0
0.9
Sugar
1.7
1.1
N/A
0.3
Total Fat
2.9
2.3
1.2
1.0
Sat Fat
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
Mono Fat
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.1
Poly Fat
1.9
1.6
0.7
0.4
Trans Fat
0
0
0
0
Cholesterol (MG)
0
0.10
0
0
Calcium (MG)
120.0
25.0
0.1
15.0
Iron (MG)
5.5
2.6
37.0
1.2
Potassium (MG)
480.0
N/A
0.1
107.0
Sodium (MG)
0
13.0
0
2.0
brewing
Kernza for brewing
Formulation and quality characteristics for brewing
Kernza has a unique sweet & nutty flavor profile, and is amber/mahogany in color. Un-malted Kernza yields fuller-bodied brews with good head retention and foam stability. Addition of Kernza at 15% adds a slight sour-like acidity, but even at lower inclusion it has zero negative impact on the sensory characteristics of beer while still lending the sweet & nutty flavor profile.
Nutritional profile & comparisons
Type of Grain
Unit
2-Row Barley Base Malt
Kernza Malted Hulled
Unmalted Hulled Kernza
Malted White Wheat
Unmalted White Wheat
Moisture
%
5.23
3.53
4.30
5.00
12.0
Total Protein
%
11.5
18.0
17.9
11.5
10.0
Alpha Amylase
D.U.
65.0
15
8
48
-
Germination Energy
%
>95**
N/A
65
N/A
>95**
Germination Capacity
%
>95**
N/A
75
N/A
>95**
Extract (FG Dry Basis)
%
81.0
79.9
69.9
83.0
76
Color
*SRM
2.2
3.3
1.8
2.5
2
Turbidity
NTU
8.7
N/A
3.0
-
-
pH
-
5.8
6.0
6.3
-
-
Soluble Protein
%
4.7
8.9
4.6
4.7
-
S/T Ratio
-
41.0
49.4
25.7
41.0
-
B-Glucan
MG/L
96
67
176
-
-
Free Amino Nitrogen (FAN)
MG/L
169
174
45
-
-
Diastatic Power
*L
129
104
108
160
-
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