May 10, 2025

Sacha inchi butter

A few years ago, I stumbled upon a delicious find at my local Sprouts supermarket. I love when my Sprouts has items on “super-sale,” and this item was a bargain jackpot! I quickly grabbed all seven remaining jars, because why not!? A jar that’s normally $10 on sale for $2? How bad could it be?!

So what was this epic find? Sacha inchi butter, made by a brand called Brass Roots. Yep, you’ve probably never heard of it, as I had never either before seeing it on the store shelf. Sacha Inchi seeds are nutrient-dense superfood powerhouses, jam-packed with protein (10g per serving!), fiber, omega oils 3 and 9, calcium, iron, and iodine, just to name a few. Their unique taste can be likened to a cross between dark-roasted peanuts, tiger nuts, and cashews, all married together in one nutty mouthful. They’re absolutely delicious! And when these crunchy seeds are ground up into a smooth, creamy butter, you get one irresistible spread! You can use it just like you would any other nut butter, spread on bread with jam for a sandwich, mixed into smoothies or oatmeal, topped onto yogurt… the possibilities are endless!

Much to my disappointment, the reason why this sacha inchi butter was so discounted at the store was because it was being discontinued. My kids and I loved the sacha inchi butter so much we ate through all seven jars of this creamy golden spread rather quickly. I was on the hunt for more. Brass Roots had raised the price of the jars on their website so they were almost $20 for a 16-ounce jar! I inquired the company to see if the products would be returning to store shelves, and the owner himself emailed me back. He said they would be eventually, but I have still yet to see the sacha inchi butter anywhere (this was years ago) and Brass Roots no longer has the butter on its website, only roasted sacha inchi seeds.

So, for years I have been searching high and low for other brands who make this product, but to no avail. I can only find roasted sacha inchi seeds, which are terribly expensive. Then a few days ago, I was at my local Sprouts supermarket again and voila! Roasted sacha inchi seeds, by a company called Imlak’esh Organics, which are usually $20 a jar, were discounted to only $10! I bought all three remaining jars with the pure intention of making my own sacha inchi butter. My five-year-old son and I were so excited! We came home from the store, whipped out our Vitamix and began our first attempt at homemade nut butter.

To our surprise, it only took about two minutes for the huge jar of seeds to puree into the most luscious peanut butter fake-out. The seeds were already roasted and salted, so the butter was perfectly salty, just the way I like it! Needless to say, we’ve been using our homemade sacha inchi butter on everything! I even love it mixed with my protein powder and topped on rice cakes for a protein-rich snack.

I love one-ingredient recipes! My last recipe was a one-ingredient wonder as well, and it just so happens that this sacha inchi butter is absolutely divine spread on to a couple pieces of my homemade buckwheat sourdough. Oh yeah, and did I mention, I made some homemade berry jam to go with this whole ensemble? I just simmered a few bags of organic frozen Marion blackberries (another steal discounted item I got a Sprouts!) for hours on the stove until they cooked down into a rich, almost chocolately, jammy berry compote. Heaven! I guess I really am turning into that stereotypical crunchy, homeschool mom who makes her own bread, jam, and nut butters? This is who I was born to be, and I love it!