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Hulled hemp seeds

Cannabis sativa (variétés alimentaires, sans THC)

The seed that gives itself unconditionally: more protein than an egg, without a single barrier.

Traditional use

Hemp is among the oldest plants humankind has cultivated: nearly ten thousand years of companionship. Before clothing the world in its fibres and rigging sails, it fed people — its seeds are among the first domesticated foods of China. Traditional Chinese medicine records it under the name huomaren (火麻仁), a gentle seed that nourishes and soothes, classed from the Shennong Bencao Jing among everyday presences. Today we restore its rightful place: a nourishing seed that walks alongside civilisations.

What science observes

The hemp seed is a happy anomaly of the plant kingdom. Where almost every seed guards its treasure with anti-nutrients that soaking or cooking must disarm, hemp offers itself raw and whole. Its proteins, edestin and albumin, are among the most digestible in the plant world and carry all nine essential amino acids: a 30 g portion delivers nearly 10 g of complete protein, more than an egg. Its fat fraction shows an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio near 3:1, the physiological ideal, enriched with magnesium, zinc and phosphorus.

In the kitchen

We choose hulled hemp, which keeps all its tenderness and clear hazelnut flavour. It is the plug-and-play of plant nutrition: no soaking, no cooking, eaten just as it is. A spoonful over a salad, a bowl, a porridge; blended into a plant milk or an energy-ball dough; scattered as a finishing touch for texture and protein. We work the seed with Vehgro, our superfood supplier, and keep it cool, away from light.

Resonance

Hemp is the plant of trust. Where the plant kingdom arms almost all its seeds with defences, it gives itself without reserve. Its vibration is one of simple abundance: a generosity that need not be conquered, a seed offered as a matter of course. To meet it is to remember that what is essential is often what gives itself most freely.

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