Naturya Organic Wheatgrass powder 200g

SKU: 756
Brand: Naturya Superfoods
Unit: tk
One serving packs in over a third of your recommended daily intake of iron
High in protein and fibre
Energises the body and supports the immune system
Source of vitamin A to nourish the skin
Organic, gluten-free, kosher and vegan
One serving packs in over a third of your recommended daily intake of iron
High in protein and fibre
Energises the body and supports the immune system
Source of vitamin A to nourish the skin
Organic, gluten-free, kosher and vegan

Quality & Provenance

Nurtured in nutrient rich organic soil, it drinks from irrigated water drawn from deep down, free from fertilisers and pesticides.

The young wheatgrass seedlings are hand-cut and carefully cleaned 9 times, with only the finest quality blades selected for processing. These are dried thoroughly before using freezing air to crush them into a fine powder. From field to finished product in less than an hour, all the nutrients found in the fresh grass are preserved.

Grown outside in natural sunlight, on fertile soil, our organic wheatgrass assimilates rich minerals and nutrients from the ground, while the simple sugars stored in the leaves can be converted into complex carbohydrates, which release energy more slowly when digested.

Monitored throughout growth, it’s cut just at the ‘jointing stage’, when the intermodal tissues begin to elongate, forming the stem of the adult wheat plant. By harvesting new leaf blades at this point in their development, all of the carbohydrate energy, chlorophyll and amino acids which have accumulated in preparation for the plant’s transition from a vegetative to reproductive phase can be extracted.

After jointing the nutrient stores are diverted from the leaves towards reproduction and producing grain, so it’s vital the wheatgrass is harvested within this short window. In the period after jointing the pliant young leaf blades are replaced by tough cellulose fibres, which give the mature wheat plant structure. This increase in cellulose synthesis corresponds to a sharp drop in chlorophyll levels, as the photosynthetic activity of the plant declines.

Why is it good for me?

High in protein which contributes to the growth and maintenance of muscle mass
Rich in iron which contributes to the normal transport of oxygen around the body and the reduction of tiredness and fatigue
Natural source of vitamin A which contributes to the maintenance of normal skin and vision
 

Nutrition

Ingredient

100g

RI For 100g

Serving

RI For Serving

 

 

 

Serving = 15 g

 

Energy

1105 kJ

 

166 kJ

 

 

266 kcal

 

40 kcal

 

Fat

1.4 g

 

<0.5 g

 

of which saturates

0.2 g

 

<0.1 g

 

monounsaturates

<0.1 g

 

<0.1 g

 

polyunsaturates

1 g

 

0.2 g

 

Carbohydrate

20 g

 

3 g

 

of which sugars

5 g

 

0.7 g

 

Fibre

47 g

 

7 g

 

Protein

20 g

 

3.1 g

 

Salt

0.19 g

 

0.03 g

 

Vitamins

 

% RI

 

% RI

Vitamin A

1289 µg

161

193 µg

24

Vitamin E

9.1 mg

76

1.4 mg

11

Minerals

 

 

 

 

Calcium

321 mg

40

48 mg

6

Iron

29 mg

207

4.4 mg

31

Zinc

3.6 mg

36

0.5 mg

5.4

Copper

0.5 mg

50

0.1 mg

7.5