Organic Sprouted Spelt may be the tastiest and most nutritious organic ingredient you have never heard of – and using Organic Sprouted Spelt Flour in our Happie Organic Sprouted Spelt Crust Packs and Happie Cheese Pizzas creates a healthier way to eat pizza!
As its name suggests, sprouted spelt is spelt that has been sprouted. Okay… so what does that even mean?
The grain is soaked in warm water for 8 hours opening the hard hull so the body can easily digest and absorb all the healthy nutrients. Sprouted spelt is a special type of grain that has just begun to germinate, or sprout. Healthcare and nutrition professionals continue to discover the health benefits of using sprouted grains to make flour.
What is spelt?
Almost every type of bread, cracker, tortilla and pizza crust contains flour made from modern wheat. Spelt is the ancient ancestor of modern-day wheat. Cultivated thousands of years ago, spelt was widely used across Europe. Over the centuries, though, today’s wheat slowly replaced spelt – the modern varieties of wheat became increasingly popular with farmers because the variety provided a higher yield, shorter growing season, and was more resistant to disease.
While the change to wheat was good for farmers, it wasn’t so great for consumers. Spelt supports healthy blood circulation, boosts the immune system, builds strong bones, and even helps with digestion. Fortunately, consumers are rediscovering spelt and the health benefits it provides.
The benefits of sprouted grain
Sprouting is a way to naturally make the grains germinate. The germination process breaks down some of the starch in grains; breaking down starch in this way makes the nutrients more available for absorption by the human body.
The germinating process also breaks down phytate, which is a form of phytic acid. Phytate and phytic acid are known as “anti-nutrient” because of the way they prevent your body from absorbing iron, calcium, manganese, zinc, and other vitamins and minerals. Sprouting reduces the effect phytate and phytic acid have on blocking those minerals.
What’s more, sprouted grains may have less starch, which makes them easier to digest than unsprouted grains. This may help people who have trouble digesting regular grains.
Sprouted whole grains contain the same nutrients as regular whole grains, but in different quantities. This makes sprouted grains a great addition to almost any diet, such as the glycemic impact diet or other low GI diets.
Now you can find sprouted grains in almost every dish that uses regular grains, including flours, breads and buns, muffins, crackers, tortillas, and even frozen pizza crust!
The best thing about Organic Sprouted Spelt is PIZZA
Eating pizza may be the best diet treatment diabetes patients have ever had for maintaining a healthy blood sugar level! The Restaurant Stone Sisters Pizza Bar introduced Oklahoma City to pizza made with sprouted spelt and the reviews are in: our fans call it some of the best pizza and crusts they’ve ever tasted.
In fact, our restaurant was featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and in just one episode, they re-introduced the world to sprouted spelt. To quote Guy Fieri, this crust "defies science!" Watch the video.Â
You can find (and fall in love with) Organic Sprouted Spelt in our Happie Cheese Pizzas and Happie Organic Sprouted Spelt Crust Packs by Stone Sisters Organics. Order online here on our website or look at our store locator for stores in your area.