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Hemp seeds

About the ingredient hemp seeds . Including 2 recipes with hemp seeds .

 

What is hemp seeds ?

Hemp seed can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, made into hemp milk (similar to soy milk), prepared as tea, and used in baking.

Hemp seed products can include hemp seed hearts, cereals and nut butters.

Hemp seed's amino acid profile is nearly "complete" when compared to more common sources of proteins such as meat, milk, eggs and soy, according to Help Seed as a Nutritional Resource: An Overview.

Hemp protein contains all 21 known amino acids, including 9 essential ones that adults cannot produce.

Nutritional Data - Shelled Hemp Seeds (Hemp seed hearts)

Calories/100g

567

Protein (Nx5.46)

30.6%

Fat

47.2%

Saturated Fat

5.2%

Monounsaturated Fat

5.8%

Polyunsaturated Fat

36.2%

Carbohydrate

10.9%

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

4.7%

Palmitic16:0

3.44%

Arachidic 20:0

0.28%

Oleic18:1 (Omega-9)

5.8%

Linoleic18:2 (Omega-6)

27.56%

Linolenic18:3 (Omega-3)

8.68%

Stearic18:0

1.46%

Cholesterol

0.0%

PeroxideValue

<2 meq/Kg

Total Dietary Fiber

6.0%

Sugars

1.99%

Fructose

0.45%

Glucose

0.30%

Sucrose

1.24%

Maltose

<0.1%

Lactose

<0.1%

Vitamin A (B-Carotene)

4 IU/100g

Thiamine (Vit B1)

1.38 mg/100g

Riboflavin (Vit B2)

0.33 mg/100g

Vitamin B6

0.12 mg/100g

Vitamin C

1.0 mg/100g

Vitamin D

2277.5 IU/100g

Vitamin E (dl-A-Tocopherol)

8.96 IU/100g

Sodium

9.0 mg/100g

Calcium

74.0 mg/100g

Iron

4.7 mg/100g

Standard Plate Count

4000/g

Coliforms

<10/g

Yeasts

<10/g

Molds

30/g

Salmonella

neg in 25g

Pseudomonas

<10/g

Tetrahydrocannabinol

neg in 60mg

 

 

 

In Chinese:大麻种子
British (UK) term:
en français:graines de chanvre
en español:las semillas de cáñamo

Recipes using hemp seeds

There are 2 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Open Face Spinach Egg Sandwich
Open Face Spinach Egg Sandwich
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This delicious breakfast sandwich takes no time to make, and it has all the nutritions you need before lunch. No excuse to skip your breakfast.

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Superfood Green Smoothie
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This smoothie packs a real superfood punch with a combination of wolfberries, hemp seeds, chia seeds, maca and spirulina. Wolfberries, hemp seeds, chia seeds and spirulina are all complete proteins. In addition, chia seeds and hemp seeds are rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Maca is a great hormone regulator and has traditionally been used to enhance fertility. Spirulina is one of nature's wonder foods and its GLA content (gamma linolenic acid, an important fatty acid) is second only to mother's milk.

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