Food grain, leafy amaranth and planting seed are separate products
An amaranth label can refer to mature food grain, leafy vegetables, seed for planting, popped grain, flour or a formulated food. Evidence does not transfer automatically between those forms. USDA APHIS directs importers to its ACIR database because requirements vary by commodity, origin and intended use, and it treats seeds for planting separately from seeds not for planting. Atlas therefore retains intended use, product form, treatment, species, variety and destination before comparing lots.
Species and measurable grain quality come before a generic superfood label
FSSAI defines food amaranth as dried mature grain of Amaranthus caudatus, A. cruentus or A. hypochondriacus and sets measurable limits including 12 percent maximum moisture, 1 percent maximum other edible grains, 2 percent maximum damaged grain, 3 percent maximum immature and shrivelled grain, and defined extraneous-matter and infestation controls. Kew recognizes A. cruentus as an accepted species. Atlas records the declared species and variety, sampling basis, laboratory method and current destination standard rather than treating nutrition or marketing language as proof of lot identity or condition.
Production and customs evidence need their own dates and scope
Mexico's DGSIAP reported 7,264 metric tonnes of amaranth production in 2024, including 4,350 tonnes in Puebla and 2,225 tonnes in Tlaxcala, with national yield of 1.93 tonnes per hectare. The same official report maps amaranth trade into residual cereal tariff lines and reported only 65.8 tonnes of exports in 2024. Atlas preserves the crop year, geography, statistical method and tariff-line limitation; a residual customs code is not proof that every shipment in the line is amaranth.
A national total or farm-gate average is not a delivered amaranth price
DGSIAP's 2024 production, yield, trade and average rural-price figures are dated national context, not a current offer. A delivered physical estimate still needs species and variety, grain or processed form, food or planting use, crop and origin, current permitted observations, quality and contaminant results, treatment, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.