Sunflower Shoots have deep green leaves that are thick, and succulent-like in feel and appearance. They make a great addition to almost any dish including salads, soups, pizza, and even peanut butter sandwiches! Your imagination is the only limit with this microgreen. One of our favorite ways to eat Sunflower Shoots is to gently stir fry them in butter or bacon fat with baby portobella mushrooms. Delish!

According to nutrition researchers, sunflower microgreens are one of the most complete foods you can incorporate into your daily diet to promote overall health and well-being. They are a wonderful source of complete protein, and are recognized as the most balanced of all the sources of essential amino acids. 

These amino acids, vitamins, and minerals help our bodies to repair muscle tissue, facilitate enzymatic functions, build our skeletal, muscular, and neurological systems, strengthen our immune system, maintain healthy gut bacteria, protect pregnant women and their babies, aid in stress relief, help to reduce deposits in arterial walls, break down fatty acids, boost antioxidant capacity, reduce blood pressure, and serve as a natural expectorant for chest congestion to encourage clearance of the lungs. 

Sunflower Shoots are also rich in chlorophyll which assists in building blood supply, revitalizing tissue, calming inflammation, and activating enzymes. 

One of our most popular products, Sunflower Shoots are high in:

Vitamin A – a powerful anti-oxidant and is essential for vision and for maintaining healthy mucosa and skin

Vitamin B complex – eight water-soluble vitamins that perform essential and closely related roles in the body’s cellular function. The vitamins that make up B complex are thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), biotin, folic acid, and the cobalamins (vitamin B12). The B vitamins help enzymes in our bodies do their jobs and are important for a wide range of cellular functions, like breaking down carbohydrates and transporting nutrients throughout the body.

Vitamin E – a fat-soluble anti-oxidant, helps keep the immune system strong against viruses and bacteria, is important in the formation of red blood cells, helps the body use vitamin K and helps widen blood vessels and keep blood from clotting inside them. May be beneficial in the prevention of cancer, heart disease, dementia, liver disease, and stroke 

Amino Acids – provide cells with enzymes that perform vital processes including tissue repair, building proteins and muscle, regulating immune function, and synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters 

Copper – an essential mineral that helps maintain a healthy metabolism, promotes strong and healthy bones, and ensures your nervous system works properly, also helpful in weight loss programs

Calcium – mostly stored in bones and teeth, where it supports their structure and hardness; aids muscle movement and helps nerves carry messages between the brain and every body part

Iron – a component of hemoglobin inside the red blood cells which determines the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood

Magnesium – aids in regulating muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels, and blood pressure and in making protein, bone, and DNA

Potassium – a type of electrolyte, it helps nerves to function and muscles to contract and helps regulate heartbeat

Zinc – helps the immune system fight off invading bacteria and viruses and helps make proteins and DNA; is an important nutrient for reproductive health in both males and females and is required for proper growth and development of children and infants. 

Phosphorus – important in the formation of bones and teeth, plays an important role in metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, and is needed to make protein for growth, maintenance, and repair of cells and tissues.