Our five-ingredient policy

Real corn tortillas only use three basic ingredients: whole corn, lime and water. Then we enrich them with a healthy extra ingredient: amaranth, chia or nopal (prickley pear cactus).  

 

 We commit ourselves to use five ingredients or less because we believe there's no reason to add anything else.  

We created this policy to ensure our clients they are eating a healthy and authentic tortilla free of synthetic additives.

 

Going Whole Grain? Try Corn Tortillas!

It is well known that whole grains provide a great deal of health benefits.  More breads and cereals labeled “whole grain” are available at supermarket shelves.  But why not try something different? Corn tortillas are a versatile, easy to prepare and very healthy alternative.

However, not all tortillas are created equal. Most are made with corn flour and packed with preservatives and other ingredients.  

SIKANDA makes corn tortillas from all-natural whole kernel corn, filtered water and lime.  “We use the ancient Pre-Hispanic method of doing tortillas.  It is called Nixtamalización and has been used in our country for centuries” says Ana Arizmendi, owner and Director of Sales.  Nixtamalización consists of cooking the corn in water and lime to create a “masa” rich in nutrients that gives the tortilla flexibility, softness and a rich corn taste.  “This is the real corn tortilla.  You can smell and taste the corn when you eat them.  They blend and heat perfectly”. 

  

SIKANDA corn tortillas are 100% whole grain, free of GMO, low-calorie, low-sodium and gluten free.    They also have a certified organic line carefully managed from grower to finished product.  We offer three different presentations: 

Whole corn, water and lime are all that is required to make healthy, flavorful tortillas. Preservatives are not used so tortillas must be kept refrigerated after opening. 

Corn tortillas are healthy and versatile, great for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, travel well and go with almost any food.  Check our SIKANDA blog for creative recipes and bring tortillas to your table!

Grilled Salmon Tacos

Fish tacos have become all the rage in recent years and are a specialty of the Pacific coast of Southern California and Mexico. This is a simple recipe: all the components can be made ahead of time and the fish grilled at the last moment. You can also use halibut, sea bass or tilapia in place of the salmon.   

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 4 4-ounce wild salmon fillets, about 1-inch thick, skin on
• SIKANDA CORN TORTILLAS, warmed
• Cabbage Slaw or lettuce
• Salsa
• Sour cream

Preparation

1. Preheat grill to medium-high.
2. Combine oil, chile powder, lime juice, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the spice mixture liberally over salmon.
3. Grill the salmon, skin-side down, until it is just cooked through, about 8 minutes.
4. Cut each fillet lengthwise into 2 pieces and remove the skin.
5. To serve, place 2 tortillas on each plate. Evenly divide the fish, Cabbage Slaw or lettuce, sour cream and salsa among the tortillas.

Nutrition

Per serving: 567 calories; 30 g fat (6 g sat, 17 g mono); 83 mg cholesterol; 45 g carbohydrates; 32 g protein; 9 g fiber; 481 mg sodium; 1151 mg potassium.

Source: http://www.eatingwell.com

Creating balance: plague control the organic way

Organic is about balance. It’s about taking advantage of what nature has to offer to keep our soil and plants healthy.

Here is an example of how we control plagues organically in our fields.

In the picture shown there’s a little brown box hanging on the plant. Inside of it there’s a small wasp. As soon as the wasp grows bigger, it gets out of the box in search of food.

Its main food is a type of larva that eats the corn and is considered one of the most dangerous plagues that attack maize fields.

Larva plague has been eradicated for many years now using this type of natural control.

SIKANDA says NO! to GMO corn

SIKANDA pronounces against the approval of GMO testing in maize crops in Mexico.

We feel deceived by our Government’s decision to support multinational companies like Monsanto instead of working on implementing sustainable agricultural programs that will empower farmers and communities, preserve corn varieties and raise productivity.

Our company will work even harder to defend endemic maize varieties grown from centuries in our soil and traditional techniques of making tortillas and corn products.

You can contribute to this effort by purchasing our ORGANIC CORN TORTILLAS.

We say NO to GMO’s because we say YES to biodiversity, organic agriculture, fair trade and health.

Greenpeace protests against GMO corn in Mexico

October 20, 2009 -- Updated 1222 GMT (2022 HKT)

By Arthur Brice CNN


(CNN) -- Mexico saw the first public protests this weekend over the government's decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn, which environmentalists and others say could ruin the nation's native crop.

To read the complete article: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/20/greenpeace.mexico/index.html

Mexican government approved GMO corn test-plantings

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 18 (CNN.com) -- The Mexican government recently has approved 35 requests to test-plant genetically modified (GM) corn, said a government statement.

Still in the test stage, the approved GM corn planting will be confined to closed areas and is subject to the country's ecological security laws, said the departments of agriculture and environment in the statement.

All related governmental agencies will strictly monitor the planting to make sure it confirms to the law, said these two departments.

However, several Mexican environmental protection groups along with Greenpeace, an international nongovernmental organization for environmental conservation, oppose the planting, warning it would endanger the country's ecological diversity.

Mexican farmers also have staged several protests, calling for a ban on GM planting so that more than 200 corn varieties in Mexico will not be threatened.

It is reported that the Mexican government will for the time allocate 194 hectares of land in six states to plant GM corn crops.