Reply To: Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? Home › Forums › Yom Tov › Pesach › Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? › Reply To: Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? February 27, 2013 4:15 pm at 4:15 pm #934088 Sam2Participant yehudayona: Rav Schachter said the same about why corn is considered Kitniyos. It’s because corn means grain.