Xuta

Xuta^TM – Edible Jatropha curcas

• An edible mutant of jatropha exists naturally in Mexico and is traditionally consumed directly as roasted kernels or in the cooked form with other ingredients
• Xuta^TM oil is a healthy, edible vegetable oil containing 43% PUFA content (poly unsaturated fatty acids)
• The Xuta^TM kernel meal after oil extraction has more than 60% high quality protein (compared to 48% protein in high-protein soybean meal)
• The protein quality of Xuta^TM has been proven in several feeding trials
• Xuta^TM plants can be cultivated under conditions (stressful climate, poor soil) where other comparable crops such as soybean are not viable

• Jatropower has pioneered the selection and breeding of high-yielding non-toxic jatropha and markets it under ist registered trademark – Xuta^TM
• The first ever standardised edible jatropha elite seeds, JPNT1,was introduced by Jatropower, followed recently with JPNT2.
• Elite synthetic Xuta cultivars and the first F1 hybrid Xuta seeds are in the pipeline
• Jatropower is the only company that presently offers commercial quantities of standardised Xuta^TM seeds

JATROPOWER High Performance Xuta^TM cultivars – Summary characteristics