Organic Asparagus Gems

Product and Nutrition Information

Ingredients:  organic sliced asparagus.

Interesting Note About Asparagus:

In 2003 asparagus was put on the Environmental Working Group's list of the twelve foods that are least contaminated with pesticides.

Sources For This Webpage:

• USDA Website
• Nutrabase 6
• The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth by Jonney Bowden, PhD.
• About .com*
• Allrecipes.com*
• Whfoods.com
• Journal of Ag. and Food Chemistry

*For recipes only

Asparagus Gems

Asparagus gems are sliced asparagus stems.   The gems are blanched, cooled, frozen and vacuum packaged to maintain quality. No preservaitives are used.  They are packaged in 4 oz. (1/4 lb.) bags so that each bag constitutes a one cup serving. Asparagus gems are sold by the pound, so each package is comprised of four bags.  These can be used in place of fresh asparagus in cooked products. 

        Like all of the food that is sold by Hometown Foods LLC., Asparagus Gems are superior in health benefits.  See Nutrition Notes below to learn more health information. 

Nutrition Notes

     Most nutrition facts panels represent only a small portion of the total nutrients by the food.  Our Nutrition Notes reveals how naturally healthy whole foods really are.

      If you click on the blue words "Individual Nutrients", on this page, the computer will link you to the World's Healthiest Foods website (www.whfoods.com).  Here you can search for "manganese" or "folate", etc. to learn more about these individual nutrients. 

       If you click on "Content Claims" , you can learn the standards used to judge the nutritional content of the food.

       If you go to the www.whfoods.com website and click on Asparagus you can learn even more about this vegetable.

    .  With a click of your mouse, learn about Antioxidants.

Some of the USDA claims of asparagus are listed here:

Asparagus also has many additional health benefits: 

• It contains the flavonoid quercetin which is anti-inflamatory and anti-cancer.
• It contains Rutin which helps protect blood vessels.
• It contains a very important B Vitamin which helps prevent Neural Tube Defects.

Recipes

• Omelets:  Use Asparagus Gems with onions to make your omelets both tastier and healthier
• Soup:  Add Asparagus Gems to your favorite soup.
• Meals: Saute Asparagus Gems in a pan with little or no oil. Serve them as a side dish to enhance any meal.  Top with a sprinkling of bacon bits and cheddar cheese.

For more asparagus recipes:

Click on this blue Asparagus word to go to www.About.Com's Southern and US Cuisine recipes.

Click on Asparagus Side Dishes to go to www.AllRecipes.com.