Aduna Organic Fonio Supergrain | Ancient African Gluten Free Grain | 1kg

I absolutely love this grain! Some remarked the aroma smelling old. I noticed that it sorta does but aroma goes away once cooked. I love adding it (add approximately 1/4 c) along with my steel cut oatmeal while cooking. Then I add blueberries, freshly ground flax seed, and cinnamon! It holds me over until past lunchtime! It has a very fine dry consistency so I preferred adding it to oatmeal rather than just alone. (It reminds me of texture of Mat-o-meal.)

This is the hands-down BEST breakfast cereal alternative - protein, Gluten Free, no need for milk even:1/4 c Fonio grain (they're teeny tiny, but absorb a LOT of liquid)1 c apple cider (or you can use water here too and maybe maple syrup for sweetener - with cider you need nothing else - 100% cider is TOO sweet for us1c waterI like to toast the grain first in dry pan, then combine with the cider/water and the following:Chopped candied ginger (2T?)~ same amount both dried currants (nice and smaller than raisins) and unsweetened dried cranberries ( sold here in ~ 3 oz pkgs but that 's a lot - they are chopped so I don't need to) and not sticky like regular "dried" cranberries with sugar.I get that to boiling on Hi and turn to low to simmer till desired consistency. But watch it - the little buggars will stick otherwise. We add chopped nuts just before serving and you can use milk or half-and-half if you make it a bit thicker.Enjoy!

A little pricey. However very nutritious.

After many hours of research, I decided on this brand. To my disappointment when I opened the bag it smelt rancid and there was some small black specs in it.I washed it throughly and cooked it hoping that was a feature of the product pre washing. Nothing changed. It tasted rancid.This is ridiculous after paying so much money for it. SMHThe sad thing is that these things aren't returnable.

Quite possibly the fastest and easiest grain to cook up of them all---combine that with the potent protein and it being essentially either about as apt to pair with anything as the likes of sushi rice or oddly enough able to pinch hit for grits/polenta/etc better than makes any sense and you've got yourself a winner.I also appreciated this incarnation not needing any straining or sifting upon soaking unlike some prior tilts at Fonio have.In a better world, the likes of this would be ubiquitous on the shelves as it absolutely does the job and does it well---but given the world we still dwell in, at least now I know it can be had here at a good value going forward.

This is a great grain. It has iron, zinc, vitamin B one and B6. I’m a southern girl. I ate grits as a child, it didn’t have the iron in the other vitamins. I think this is the best grain to eat. It also keeps you full.

this is my first experience with fonio - thought it might make a prediabetes friendly breakfast option (will try later as a couscous sub). my bag arrived in timely manner in good condition, within expiration date. however, open opening it does have a slightly rancid odor, and tastes slightly off as well when cooked. whether this bag is “bad” (very fragile due to its nutrient content?), or just the way it smells/tastes i do not know. it is not inedible, just not fully delicious. will see what the cgm says about how i tolerate it.

Very good and healthy.

Easy to cook and very delicious with legumes and vegetables.

Very easy to cook.Good for me, as I haven’t experienced any bloating for the past month since eating it.I will definitely recommend it.

I’ve never tried Fonio before but kept coming across it randomly on social media as a great alternative to couscous and quinoa, which I use. But this one is more healthier, it’s much lighter than I thought as the picture shows the grains a little more bigger than they are. The grains are very small, which is still great. Fonia has an earthy/ground taste, it really doesn’t bloat, it looked like it cooks up small but once on the plate, it’s more than enough. I haven’t tried another brand, but seems to very good quality.

At first when I made it as per the instructions, couldn't stop it from being a bit stodgy. Now developed my own method which I would recommend, cooks so quickly its worth standing and doing this. 60g of Fonio (2 servings), 120ml of cold water, half a stock cube of your choice together in a pan, stir with a balloon whisk as it warms, boil your kettle, as pan comes to boil turn heat down low, continue to stir until stock cube disolved, if needed add little water from the kettle, stir gently, turn off heat and leave covered, stir occasionally. You may get a little sticking to bottom but this soaks off easily. Result is lovely tasty seperate grains. Good with any topping...

Hopefully a substitute for rice - but it is very fine-grained so can easily become a stodgy ball. Needs timed preparation - and some seasoning! I'm trusting that it's a really healthy purchase.