Last Updated on September 29, 2023 by higherring
Sprouted foods have so many benefits, but only if they are actually sprouted.
So, as you know, our farmers grow a specific variety of oat seed and they also don’t heat treat the oats. That’s why the protein is so high. This also ensures that the enzymes stay intact. That’s why you always need to cook the oats first.
A couple of years ago our farmers reached out to a sprouted flour company to see if they wanted to buy their oats because they spout really well due to not being heat treated.
The company said, no, no your prices are too high. We’re going to buy from this other set of oat farmers. Our farmer said, well you know that they heat treat their oats, so they won’t sprout. The company, the sprouted flour company, said yes, we know. We just soak them and if they don’t sprout, we don’t worry about it.
Oof! So, here’s what we all need to do. If you are buying sprouted products, contact the company and ask them to send you a picture of the sprouting process. You want to see those little growths coming out!
Written by Colleen Kavanagh, Founder of A Better Course and ZEGO LLC, July 29, 2022.
Colleen Kavanagh
Colleen has dedicated over 20 years of her career to improving the federal nutrition programs on the local, state, and federal level in her work for Congress, the School Nutrition Association, California Food Policy Advocates, and her own nonprofit project called A Better Course. Frustrated with the inability of federal action to bring truly healthy food to those in need. she started her food company ZEGO in 2013 to focus on food purity and nutrition density. Through ZEGO, she encourages consumers to advocate for themselves and ask the brands they love to measure and report the purity of their food.