UPC 029512002029

• WHAT YOU GET: Anasazi Beans in 16 oz bags . Open and use what you need, and keep the rest fresh in sealed bags.
• WHAT IS ANASAZI BEANS: Burgundy with cream-color speckles, similar in size and shape as of a small pinto bean. Beans turn pale pink when cooked. Slightly sweet with a meaty texture, making them ideal for baked bean dishes, refried beans, chili and hearty stews.
• Contains 75 less of the gas-causing carbohydrates compared to pinto beans.

Anasazi Beans were one of the few crops cultivated by the ancestral Pueblos of the southwest. Anasazi is a Navajo word meaning "ancient ones". The story of Anasazi beans varies, depending on who is telling it. In popular mythology, the beans were uncovered by an anthropologist, who discovered a 1, 500 year old tightly sealed jar of them at a dig in New Mexico. Some of the beans germinated, and the new variety of bean entered cultivation again. Since most botanists agree that most beans are unable to germinate after approximately 50 years, it is more probable that the beans remained in constant cultivation in the Southwest, probably in Native American gardens, and that they were picked up by companies looking for new boutique beans.