Sprouts represent the point of greatest vitality in the life cycle of a plant. During sprouting, vitamins and enzymes increase dramatically. Starch is converted into simple sugars, protein is turned into amino acids and peptones and crude fat are broken down into free fatty acids.
Sprouts are one of the most complete and nutritional of all foods that exist. Sprouts are rich with vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes, bioflavonoids, antioxidants, phytoestrogens, glucosinolates and other phytochemicals.
Their nutritional value was discovered by the Chinese thousands of years ago. Sprouts are one of the most concentrated natural sources of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids(protein) known.
The nutritional charts provided are courtesy of the USDA Nutrition Fact Charts.