Gabatarwa naAmaranthus Red Launi:

Amaranth shine jinsin amaranth a cikin dangin Amaranthaceae, asalinsa zuwa yankuna masu zafi da wurare masu zafi na Amurka da Kudancin Asiya.Asalinsa na farko zai kasance azaman kayan lambu na daji don ciyar da mayunwata.

Wild amaranth yana da sauƙin daidaitawa da ƙarfi, ta yadda a cikin tarihin kasar Sin, ba kawai a ci shi azaman kayan lambu na daji ba, har ma ana amfani da shi azaman maganin gargajiya na kasar Sin ko ciyar da dabbobi.Ana shuka Amaranth a Amurka da Indiya azaman abincin dabbobi.Bugu da kari, wasu amaranth sun kasance cikin gida cikin tsirrai na ado, kamar amaranth mai launuka biyar.

Tarihin amaranth a matsayin kayan lambu na wucin gadi ya samo asali ne tun zamanin daular Song da Yuan.Mafi yawan amaranth a kasuwa a yau shine ja amaranth, wanda kuma ake kira amaranth tricolor, jajayen daji, da hatsin shinkafa.Ya fi zama ruwan dare a kudancin kasar Sin, kuma a Hubei, mutane suna kiransa "kayan lambu mai gumi", kuma ana samunsa a lokacin rani da kaka.Ana siffanta shi da tsakiyar ganye mai launin ja-jaja da sau da yawa ja.Bayan ja amaranth, akwai kuma koren amaranth (wanda ake kira sesame amaranth, fari amaranth) da amaranth mai ja.

Kalar miyar amaranth tana da haske kuma ana iya ci da shinkafa, amma da wuya a wanke ta idan ta zube a kan tufafi.Alamun da ke cikin miya ta amaranth shine amaranth ja, wani launi mai narkewa da ruwa, wanda ke cikin rukunin anthocyanin, babban abin da ke cikinsa shine amaranth glucoside da ƙaramin adadin gwoza glucoside (jawo gwoza).Ko da yake yana da irin launi da anthocyanin, tsarin sinadarai ya bambanta sosai, don haka kaddarorin sinadarai sun fi kwanciyar hankali.Amaranth ja kuma yana da rauni, kamar rashin iya jure tsawan dumama da rashin jin daɗin yanayin alkaline.A cikin yanayin acidic, amaranth ja launin shuɗi ne mai haske-ja, kuma yana juya rawaya lokacin da pH ya wuce 10.

A zamanin yau, mutane suna fitar da launi na amaranth don masana'antar abinci, galibi don alewa, irin kek, abubuwan sha, da sauransu.