**8.3 Washed**

Cold water was used for washing in order to eliminate the amount of saponin, which generates a detergency that is visualized by the creation of foam. At this stage, the seed has been polished, since the outer layer is removed (**Figure 6**).

**Figure 4.** *25 kg bags of quinoa.*

**Figure 5.** *Cleaning the quinoa grains.*

**Figure 6.** *Washing the quinoa.*

*Nutritional Value, Methods for Extraction and Bioactive Compounds of Quinoa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101891*
