Grower
Seasons/Availability
Alfalfa Sprouts are available year round.
Current Facts
Enjoying raw sprouts in today's healthy diets has become increasingly more popular. Sprouts are the germinating form of seeds or beans and require no soil.
Description/Taste
Crisp and brightly colored, alfalfa sprouts produce white roots with leaves in various colors of yellow or light to dark-green. Coloring varies due to exposure to light. This popular sprout is considered to be the classic American leafy sprout. Offering a mild nutty flavor, these tasty newborns have a wonderfully crunchy texture.
Nutritional Value
Nutritionally rich, alfalfa sprouts provide protein, carbohydrates, enzymes, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, niacin, potassium, calcium and magnesium. One cup contains about 41 calories.
Applications
Add living life to salads, dressings, spreads, dips, sandwiches and spreads. Use as edible garnish for most anything. To store, keep refrigerated; use promptly after purchase. Consume only fresh chilled sprouts. Rinse sprouts thoroughly with water before use. Do not use soap or other detergents.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Edible sprouts have been grown and consumed by civilizations over the past five thousand years.
Geography/History
Sun Grown Organic Distributors, Inc., San Diego, California, supplies our customers with the freshest locally grown sprouts available on the market. CEO Robin Taylor has continued to build his family's business that literally sprouted in 1984. An industry leader, this state-of-the-art facility is steadfast on maintaining food safety. Providing top quality products year round, CEO Robin Taylor diligently maintains his company's consistent and superior high standards for cleaning and packaging spring-fresh sprouts. A market leader in the community, Specialty Produce strongly supports and proudly promotes our local growers, farmers, ranchers and the valuable California farming industry. Believed to have originated in the Near East, the alfalfa plant arrived in the eastern United States with early colonists. The western United States was introduced to alfalfa by Chileans seeking gold during the time of the California gold rush. At that time, alfalfa was known as Chilean clover.
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