Wheat Grass By Green Era Foods & Nutraceutics

Other uses see Wheatgrass disambiguation Wheatgrass is the freshly sprouted first leaves of the common wheat plant Triticum aestivum used as a food drink or dietary supplement Wheatgrass is served freeze dried or fresh and so it differs from wheat malt which is convectively dried Wheatgrass is allowed to grow longer and taller than wheat malt Indoorgrown wheatgrass 810 days before harvest Spelt grass grown outdoors With a deeper green color than wheat Like most plants wheatgrass contains chlorophyll amino acids minerals vitamins and enzymes Claims about the health benefits of wheatgrass range from providing supplemental nutrition to having unique curative properties but these claims have not been scientifically proven1 Wheatgrass juice is often available at juice bars and some people grow and juice their own in their homes It is available fresh as produce in tablets frozen juice and powder Wheatgrass is also sold commercially as a spray cream gel massage lotion and liquid herbal supplement Because it is extracted from wheatgrass sprouts that is before the wheat seed or berry begins to form wheatgrass juice is gluten free but some dietitians recommend that those with celiac disease avoid it due to the risk of crosscontamination