Maka grows in the plateau cold area above 3000 meters above sea level, and Huangmaka grows in this area.
Black maca generally grows above 3500 or 4000 meters above sea level. It grows in a worse environment than Huangmaka, with a larger temperature difference between day and night and a deeper planting depth, so it absorbs nutrients more fully and produces more nutrients.
2, the shape difference
The origin of black maca is Peru, but the black maca in China is mostly yellow maca, or maca with other colors is processed and counterfeited. So they are different in appearance. Black maca is generally oval.
Most of the yellow maca is in the shape of ginseng strip, and the black maca has more nutrients, so the fruit grows tighter and thicker when squeezed.
Black maca:
Huangmaka:
3. Taste difference
Authentic black maca, after drying, smells a bitter taste similar to vinegar. When it is near, it will come to the nose, but it has a faint sweetness when chewed.
Yellow maca is tasteless, but it tastes as spicy as mustard.
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