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PUMPKIN SEEDS
/PEPITAS
Great for all your baking and cake decorating needs. We have a wide selection of bulk and packaged health foods. Here, we offer you Pumpkin in shell and kernel.
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ALL ABOUT PUMPKIN SEEDS
Pumpkin seeds or Pepitas are seeds inside pumpkins. Seeds after removed from the flesh may be washed if necessary and dried in trays to safe moisture content of 6 to 8%.
The world’s top producers of pumpkin seeds include China, India, Ukraine, the United States, Egypt and Mexico. In the United States, the market for pumpkins is considered limited and seasonal.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUMPKIN SEEDS AND PEPITAS
The term Pumpkin seed and Pepitas are sometimes used interchangeably. However, there is a difference between the two. Pumpkin seeds are the white or cream colored, ovalshaped seeds you find inside of pumpkins, they are typically roasted in the shell.
Pepitas are seeds without a hull. But there’s not some mysterious machine removing the tough white shells from pumpkin seeds. Instead, pepitas come from what are known as “oilseed pumpkins” or Styrian pumpkins, which produce pumpkin seeds that have a thin, papery shell.
PEPITAS BENEFITS
Pepitas are known as the best source of protein amongst nuts and seeds, with 30% of their volume is made of protein. Besides, pepitas are also refered for their highlighted amount of essential minerals like Magnesium, Zinc and Iron.
1 ounce of Pepitas provide our body with
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7g protein (14% DV)
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152mg Magnesium (38% DV)
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333mg Phosphorous (33% DV)
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4.3mg Iron (24% DV)
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2.1mg Zinc (14% DV)
Protect hearth health
Pepitas contain the highest amount of Magensium, which has been shown to benefit your blood pressure and help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke
Support immune system
Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of zinc. Zinc is important to your body in many ways, including immunity, cell growth and division, sleep, mood, your senses of taste and smell, eye and skin health and insulin regulation
Induce sleep
Pumpkin seeds are rich sources of both magnesium and tryptophan. Both are closely associated with sedation and soothing qualities that stimulate sleep.
Improve prostate health
Pumpkin seeds have long been valued as an important natural food for men's health. This is in part because of their high zinc content, which is important for prostate health. Pepitas also help improve
Pumpkin seeds go rancid more quickly if exposed to moisture, so cool the pumpkin seeds before storing to avoid trapping moisture in the container. Typical storage life of pumpkin seeds:
