What Are Hemp seeds and How Can I Use Them?
Wondering what to do with hemp seeds ? This guide covers how to pick them, cook them, store them, and swap them, plus 2 recipes to put them to work.
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
|
Quick facts
- In Chinese
- 大麻种子
- British (UK) term
- Hemp seeds
- 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
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.
Superfood Green Smoothie
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.
