Germinated buckwheat and health; FDA Food Safety Challenge finalists

Germinated buckwheat more nutritious
Researchers at Wilmar (Shanghai) Biotechnology Research and Development Center Co. found that germinating buckwheat boosted its nutritional value, according to a study that appeared in the Journal of Food Science.

During germination, seeds experience chemical changes in order to make their stored nutrition available to the new plant. In this study, the researchers looked at how nutritional ingredients, antinutritional components, chemical composition, and anti…