Okra powder

Must have Malvaceae family  ingredient prized by the people of Africa for centuries who brought it first to Brazil when the Portuguese forced them to Brazil in the 1500’s and found its way to the Caribbean and Louisiana by the 1700’s made famous for thickening Cajun soups. Thomas Jefferson grew it in one of his 17 gardens in Monticello. North Carolina research is ongoing to grown the best variety and with the lowest gossypol seed content. Celiac friendly, Low glycemic and Lectin free.  Great  as a thickener, baking and baby food ingredient and egg white replacement. Seedless, Organic, financially beneficial crop in the poorest of countries, drought resistant.