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The ‘Brazilian Rajma’ Brazil's most consumed bean is the carioca – similar in appearance and taste to a light speckled kidney bean. Brazil covers its domestic market entirely with its own production, and has never seriously exported the bean, despite its native popularity. That may be about to change. IBRAFE has begun talks to bring the carioca bean to Indian consumers . G. Chandrashekar, Indian economist and policy commentator, has been part of the process from the beginning: “There is definitely a market for carioca beans in India, " says Chandrashekhar, "but how successful they are will depend on price, the look of the beans, their nutritional properties – bioavailability and bio absorption – and how easy they are to cook and digest."
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