To use duckweed as a staple food crop. It offers a nutritious alternative to land crops. You can grow around 30 tonnes per hectare per year. Water lentils contain around 45% protein. The different species and their growing environments combine to offer diversity in their vitamins, minerals and micronutrients they offer. We are interested in the vitamin and mineral compositions for food applications. .
Duckweeds for food applications are also known as water lentils. They are considered as superfoods, herbs, microgreens or vegetables. Available in assorted butterfly-shaped species. Perfect as decorative herbs infused into salads, stir fries. Contact us to hear about our range.
Pots of fresh duckweed. Lush green variety with long slender roots. The most nutritionally dense from our UK collection and carefully grown in high nutrient media. Perfect for decorating your dishes and supplement your diet with these nutrient-packed microgreens. Also suitable for consumption by fish and reptiles.