Description

WASHED AND DRIEDHAND PICKED QUALITYNEW YEAR CROP

PURITY MIN. *8%

IMPERFECT SEED MAX. 5%

MOISTURE CONTEN TMAX.*0%

Pumpkin seeds—also known as pepitas—are flat, dark green seeds. Some are encased in a yellow-white husk (often called the "shell"), although some varieties of pumpkins produce seeds without shells. Pumpkin seeds have a malleable, chewy texture and a subtly sweet, nutty flavor. While roasted pumpkins seeds are probably best known for their role as a perennial Halloween treat, these seeds are so delicious, and nutritious, that they can be enjoyed throughout the year. In many food markets, pepitas are available in all of the forms described above—raw and shelled, raw and unshelled, roasted and shelled, roasted and unshelled. Pumpkin seeds are the only seed that is alkaline forming in this world of highly acidic diets, that is a very good thing.Pumpkin seeds have long been valued as a source of the mineral zinc.