Our ingredients

Our ingredients

The juices, purees, and powder ingredients we provide

are grown in the U.S.A. under the same stringent guidelines and safety standards that we’ve always followed with fresh market food. Produced to maintain their nutritional value following the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) and GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe). These compliance measures allow Spinaca Farms to trace finished powders to the grower, ranch and lot, accurately and immediately.

 

Greens & Grasses

Spinach has a mild, slightly sweet taste, and is excellent in protein shakes, soups, stews, pasta, and sauces.

  • Nutritional powerhouse rich in fiber, potassium, magnesium, and vitamins A, C, and E

  • Maintains good vision with high levels of lutein and zeaxanthin

  • Strong bones and healthier skin by providing calcium and vitamin K, and phytonutrients that protect against skin damage and disease from UV light

Green kale is at the highest level of nutrition, and is a great addition to nutritional supplements, skin creams, and anti-aging masks.

  • A top superfood and the highest concentration of lutein and zeaxanthin

  • High in antioxidants, flavonoids, hydroxycinnamic acids, and glucosinolates protect against inflammation

  • Helps oxygen move in the bloodstream with the minerals such as iron and zinc

Celery is a key ingredient in many juices, soups, stews, sauces, and spices.

  • Reduces inflammation with phytochemicals such as phenolic acids, flavones, and flavonols

  • Heart wellness by reducing glucose and blood lipids

  • Promotes digestive health as a great source of soluble and insoluble fiber

Broccoli might be the most popular member of the cabbage family, and a great addition to superfood powders, healthy meals, baby food, and pet food.

  • Boosts the immune system and fights inflammation with high levels of anthocyanins

  • Guards against vascular disease with flavonols, a subgroup of flavonoids

  • Provides strong nutrition from vitamins C, E, A, K, and minerals nitrogen, potassium, calcium, and iron

Wheatgrass is a superfood that can be used in dietary supplements, daily vitamins, moisturizers, shower gels, and acne care.

  • Body building – providing 12.5g of protein per 100g of wheatgrass powder

  • Helps build red blood cells with lots of iron, vitamin B12, and folate

  • A complete food – high in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids, without any sugars, sodium, or cholesterol

Barley grass offers a variety of health benefits, and is great in juices, smoothies, and protein shakes, as well as dog and cat supplements.

  • Improved cognition – with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), superoxide dismutase, and vitamin K

  • Strong antioxidant properties with 37 different flavonoids, including lutonarin and saponarin

  • Boosts digestive health as a great source of insoluble fiber, which lowers the pH of the gastrointestinal tract

Watercress (or yellowcress) is a wonderful addition to superfood powders, protein shakes, and nutritional supplements, plus moisturizers, wrinkle creams, and lotions.

  • High nutrient density with vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals

  • Protects overall health with isothiocyanates, which help eliminate carcinogens from the body

  • Keeps bones strong with calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamin K

Cilantro, or coriander, is an herb with a refreshing citrusy flavor, used in dishes from around the world, herbal supplements, face scrubs, lip balms, and body oils.

  • Helps lower bad cholesterol with dietary fiber and phytosterols (especially stigmasterol)

  • Improves skin health by reducing acne, dermatitis, and sun damage

  • Provides calming effects with linalool, a terpene that can relieve headaches, insomnia, and anxiety

Fennel is a tasty member of the carrot family, used in meat dishes, stocks, sauces, cocktails, skin cleansers, and anti-aging creams.

  • Heart and liver health – aided by fennel’s phenolic compounds

  • Assists in good digestion from a high level of dietary fiber

  • Rich source of folate and vitamins like B2, C, B1, B3, B6, A, E, and K

Beets and Carrots

Red beetroot has an earthy and sweet flavor, with floral notes, and has a characteristic deep red color.

  • Amplifies energy and stamina, and extremely rich in inorganic nitrate, improving exercise performance

  • Healthy heart and circulation – providing dietary nitrates, bioactive phytonutrients, and betalains

  • Improves the immune system by being rich in betanin, which protects cells, proteins, and enzymes

Red beet greens, or beet tops, are the hearty leaves and stems of the beet plant. They are nutrient-rich and have a mild, sweet, and slightly earthy flavor.

  • Fights liver damage caused by a high-fat diet, with flavonoids such as vitexins

  • Promotes healthy weight with betalains, shown to decrease body mass index and LDL-cholesterol

  • A true nutraceutical containing phytochemicals with strong antioxidant properties

Gold beetroot has a sweet, mild, and distinctive flavor, and a bright yellow color. They also offer some unique health benefits.

  • A vegetable powerhouse full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber

  • May lower blood pressure as a potassium-rich food that helps cleanse the body of sodium

  • Cardiovascular protection with dietary nitrate and its bioactive phytochemicals

Gold beet greens, also called beet tops, are sweet and mild, are some of the most nutrient-rich greens in the world.

  • A true nutraceutical containing phytochemicals with strong antioxidant properties

  • Can lessen the effects of osteoarthritis and can alleviate pain, discomfort, and stiffness of joints

  • Improves eye health with lutein and zeaxanthin, which fight oxidative stress and UV light damage

Orange carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which gives them their bright orange color, and acts as an antioxidant and that is converted to vitamin A in the body.

  • Encourages heart health as it lowers blood cholesterol, a well-known risk factor for heart disease

  • Helps maintain good vision and prevent night blindness, with a high vitamin A content

  • Strengthens immunity with high levels of beta-carotene

Squash

Pumpkin is incredibly healthy, packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and its powder has a wonderful orange tint.

  • Improves the nervous system and muscles and helps maintain normal blood pressure, from high amounts of potassium

  • Antioxidant defense with polyphenols and beta-carotene

  • Promotes digestive health, and its antimicrobial properties can relieve intestinal inflammation or stomach disorders

Fruits

Tart cherry is bright red in color, and has a unique sour-sweet flavor

  • Contains melatonin and tryptophan, beneficial in improving sleep duration and quality

  • Boosts memory and cognition with its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties

  • Improves exercise recovery and endurance via its low glycemic index and blood flow enhancing effects

Grapefruit is a natural cross between pomelo and orange, with a tender and juicy pulp

  • Helps control blood sugar with a low glycemic index, and can benefit people with type 2 diabetes

  • High in key nutrients such as magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin C

  • Lowers blood pressure due to its potassium content, which neutralizes the adverse effects of sodium

Lemon is packed with citric acid and vitamin C, and a good source of minerals and phenolic compounds

  • Enhances iron absorption by being rich in crucial vitamin C

  • Helps prevent kidney stones with high levels of potassium and citric acid

  • Prevents cell damage associated with various health conditions, by supplying antioxidants

If you’re looking for fresh produce, purees, juices, or powders you don’t see here, please get in touch, and we’ll see what we can do.