Chia Bia, a health food company based in Tramore, Co Waterford, has become an industry leader in the supply of seed products to the Irish, European, and international markets.

Chia seeds were used as a medicine by the Aztecs. Now, Chia Bia, an Irish start-up, imports them from South America and sells them both at home and in Britain. Chia Bia’s founder claims they’re a superfood, writes Trish Dromey