Reply To: Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? Home › Forums › Yom Tov › Pesach › Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? › Reply To: Is Quinoa Considered Chometz? March 3, 2013 1:22 pm at 1:22 pm #934109 danielaParticipant The status of oil is different from the status of seeds. This also happens with kitniyot (such as sunflower seeds).