HEALTH BENEFITS OF MICROGREENS

Despite their small nature microgreens actually boast a more intense flavour than larger vegetables and herbs. One study even found they have more health benefits and can be up to forty times more potent in phytochemicals. The study from 2012 by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, analysed 25 microgreens and, on an average determined microgreens have four to six times more nutrients than their mature counterparts. For example, red cabbage microgreens had 40 times more vitamin E and six time more vitamin C, while cilantro microgreens had three times more beta-carotene. Red Cabbage had the highest concentration of vitamin C, cilantro had the highest concentration of carotenoids (a type of antioxidant found in brightly coloured foods), garnet amaranth had the highest concentration of phylloquinone (a type of vitamin K) and green daikon radish had the highest concentrations of tocopherols (a type of vitamin E).