Sunflower Seeds Nutrition

Looking for a health-promoting snack? Enjoy a handful of mild nutty tasting sunflower seeds with their firm but tender texture to take care of your hunger and get a wealth of nutrition at the same time. Sunflower seeds are available at your local market throughout the year.  Sunflower seeds are highly nutritious food that we often supply to our parrots and chickens, yet neglect it in our own diets. It is common to see that people give sunflower seeds to birds.

Sunflower seeds are power-packed with healthy fats, proteins, fibers, minerals, vitamin E, and phytochemicals - all important to the nutritional quality of the diet and of fundamental importance to human health. They can be eaten raw or roasted and are available both hulled and unhulled, which are available in this professional nuts company. Sunflower seeds can be used to enrich any meal. They can be sprinkled over cereals, salads, and soups, mixed with vegetables, used on desserts or as snacks.

The sunflower seed is the fruit of the sunflower. Sunflower plant is a tall, erect, herbaceous annual plant belonging to the family of Asteraceae of the genus Helianthus. Its botanical name is Helianthus annuus. It is native to Middle American region from where it spread as an important commercial crop all over the world by the European explorers. At present Russian Union, China, The USA, and Argentina are the leading producers of sunflower crop.