Nutiva Shelled Hempseed, 8-Ounce Bag (Pack of 3)

by Nutiva

• Pack of three 8-ounce, resealable pouches (total of 24 ounces)
• Raw, shelled hempseeds; not certified-organic but grown without pesticides or herbicides
• 33% protein; 9% omega-3 fatty acids; rich in iron, vitamin E, and GLA (gamma-linolenic acid)
• Add light, nutty flavor to cereals, smoothies, salads, breads
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

Product Description

Nutiva offers two types of shelled hempseeds. Our certified organic seeds are grown without any chemical pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. Our non-organic seeds are grown without any pesticides or herbicides and are not certified organic.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E5E1L4
• UPC: 692752104053
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,481 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 61 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars HEMP!!!!!!!!! February 23, 2008

By Wky Pete

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I love hemp. I am a vegan college student and find it really difficut to eat enough while taking six classes and wasting my life away doing homework. Having such an accessable form of protein, minerals, and essential fatty acids is nice (3 tbsp. = 22% protein DRI!!) No other food can claim that while being super-digestable. Flax seeds go right through, hemp is easily digested. It has an interesting taste, somewhere between sunflower, almond, and pine nuts. It is good.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious March 19, 2010

By Voltaire_Bear

I am an active person, trying to eat what's best for me and although I know the health benefits of hemp, I think hemp protein powder is gross. No matter what I mix with it, it still tastes like dirt.

So I decided to try the shelled hempseeds and boy, are they delicious! To me, they taste like sunflower seeds and I just eat them raw right out of the bag.

Delicious! I recommend that you try them if you, like me, hate hemp powder shakes.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff! February 22, 2008

By Robin Thomas

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I've put some of these seeds in my cereal every morning since first buying hemp seeds a little over a month ago. They're delicious, and really do add some substance to your diet. Plus, I swear I've been happier since eating them. Yum!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Nutiva's Organic Hempseeds May 12, 2007

By J. Rowan

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I've just placed my second order for these hemp seeds. I just love them added to my salads and smoothies. My health food store doesn't carry them so I'm thankful that I can get them here at Amazon AND with Free shipping. Next purchase... I'm going for the 5 pound bag!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars You CAN make hemp milk too! January 27, 2012

By Jenn Willson

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I decided to start making my own hemp milk. My boys are allergic to wheat/gluten, dairy/beef, eggs/chicken, shellfish, peanuts, soy, corn, sesame, mushrooms, maple, oranges and cinnamon so they are very restricted vegans eating a high raw and organic diet. Hemp is wonderful for protein, omegas, and healthy fats!

At first I had subscribed and saved to this 8 oz (pack of 3) organic hempseed for $16.75. I bought 10 (30 packs) to start. That's about 70 cents per ounce. I like the portable packs for traveling, visiting grandparents, snacking out of. An ounce is 3 TBSP which is one serving.

I bought quarts of commercial hemp milk for years, Manitoba Harvest, Living Harvest and Pacific (Pacific Vanilla was our favorite.) I did the Amazon s/s program. But when I bought my Blendtec Wildside blender I started thinking "I CAN MAKE IT MYSELF!"

Here's what you need:
a high performance blender like VitaMix or Blendtec is best
Shelled hempseed, 8 ounces
purified water
a nut milk bag for straining (sold on Amazon for $8)
a sweetener like honey, agave, dates, or brown rice syrup
vanilla if you like
Real salt or sea salt of high quality
two 78 ounce frigoverre glass jars with tight sealing hermetic lids (sold on Amazon for $10-15) or equivalent

Make 1 gallon of hemp milk by adding 1 quart of pure water and the an entire 8 oz package shelled hempseed to a blender bowl and blend on medium about 2 minutes (soaking 15 minutes first is optional). Line the inside of one of the jars with the nut milk bag (hold the bag so it won't fall in) and pour the cream into the bag. Squeeze it through the nut milk bag into one of the jars, twisting the bag to extract, then pour the strained cream back into the blender.... I added 1 teaspoon Real Salt, 1 tablespoon organic vanilla, 4 tablespoons raw agave, OR Lundberg brown rice syrup , OR a handful of high quality dates to sweeten a bit. After blending again (more blending if using dates) pour equal amounts of the flavored cream into the two 78 ounce jars. Add pure water to fill the jars. Seal the hermetic lid properly. They keep for a few days and I can gently shake the jar before opening and serving to reincorporate.

This way makes 16 - 8 ounce servings of my own hemp milk, the same strength as commercial hemp milk. Just calculating the hemp in each 8 ounce bag gives totals of 1360 calories, 108g fats, 20g carbs, 16g fiber, 84g proteins. Making 16 eight ounce servings in a gallon means each serving (just the hemp numbers) is 85 calories, 6.75g fat, 1.25g carb, 1g fiber, 5.25g protein. I used the average of Nutiva and Manitoba Harvest brand nutrition facts for these figures. As ready as packaged quarts of hemp milk are now I no longer have to carry in heavy cases of premade milk and throw away all those containers. And it only takes me 5 minutes to make milk.

Compared to a commercial quart this milk is fresher, it tastes 'greener', smells like cut grass but doesn't taste it, and the milk is still very 'nutty' in flavor, just as smooth and creamy.

You can make a heavy cream to drink or use in smoothies by doubling the hempseed OR halving the water. "Banana Milk" with hemp cream or hemp milk and a banana is awesome. Nutiva and Manitoba Harvest have recipes on their websites.

I have started buying the Manitoba Harvest 25# tubs of shelled hempseed. It is not labeled organic. But, as hempseed needs no chemicals to grow wonderfully, and it is NON GMO, eco farmed without insecticides or pesticides I have no problems with it not having a label. I store it in the deep freeze in divided portions. The savings on Amazon is incredible. The 25# tub is about $136 on the s/s program. It is 500 oz and costs 27 cents per ounce. So if I use 8 ounces to a gallon of milk I've spent $2.16. That's $.54 per quart! I used to pay $4 per quart at Whole Foods!

Please study hemp and its benefits over dairy. Of course you may have thought you needed dairy for the protein and calcium. I grew up in Iowa, I was taught that, I was a huge milk drinker. I had even seen the reality of dairy/beef processing but ignored it. When breastfeeding (the best milk I could give my son) he was spitting up/vomiting every feed I realized the urgent need to stop drinking it. Now at 5 years just a splash of skim milk on his arm will give him red boils and blotches. Soy milk is out too, even if he could drink it hemp is better. We do sometimes have homemade organic brown rice milk and organic NON GMO gluten free oat milk.

I hope you explore hemp milk yourself! You will save money, and no driving to the store for every gallon of milk you drink, or recycling or waste, plus think of the health benefits. Share what you know with others so we can become growers and not just consumers of this wonderful superplant. Read more ›

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Food for the body. March 10, 2010

By V. Viti

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I make my own hemp milk for smoothies. These were a better buy than at my local health food store. I seem to prefer this brand to what I bought there. Into the Magic Bullet they go!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it! September 4, 2007

By Ronaldinho

I love Hemp and this stuff tastes great. I add it to cereal, smoothies and veggies.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Nutiva HempSeed is very very good... October 24, 2009

By Steven Earl Sims

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I heard my friend who is a fan of Rocky Mountain say that Nutiva had too many shell pieces in it. But I tried it anyway, and it doesn't, I think it is the better product though really there isn't a lot of difference in any of the products I tried. Thing is, 3 bags of Nutiva is a bucket and a half of Rocky Mountain's......so if you buy in 2's like I do, then for $36 or $37 you get 3 buckets worth. With Rocky, you get 2 buckets for $32 or $33, so the extra bucket is like, only $5.....what I also found was that the packets they send them in are very good/well resealable....so I keep them so I can put about 7 or 8 tablespoon full in one bag, cause it fits so well in my briefcase to take to work, and the spoon fit wholly inside the package too! It is really convienient. Anyway....thats it.....=) Free shipping too....