Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds are premium shelled seeds from Styrian varieties delivering high protein (25-30%), healthy unsaturated fats (45-50%), magnesium, zinc, and antioxidants with natural nutty flavor enhanced through roasting at 120-140°C. In the food industry, they provide clean-label crunch, roast stability maintaining crispness through 12-month ambient storage, and versatile functionality as nutritious topping, inclusion, or paste base ideal for bakery, snacks, confectionery, and health-focused formulations.

Food Industry Applications

• Bakery products: Sprinkles onto breads, rolls, bagels, and pastries providing crunch contrast and nutrition boost, roast flavor activation during baking at 180-200°C, adhesion to dough surfaces without burning, extends shelf life through natural antimicrobial oils.

• Snack foods: Roasts into trail mixes, energy bars, and seasoned snacks with consistent expansion and crisp retention, salt/oil adhesion for uniform flavor coating, high-temperature stability preventing rancidity during frying or oven roasting.

• Confectionery: Chops into chocolate clusters, brittle, and pralines contributing texture contrast and roast depth, high smoke point oils stable during chocolate tempering at 45°C, balanced bitterness complementing sweet matrices.

• Health foods and granolas: Bases premium protein bars, granola clusters, and superfood blends with natural binding from seed oils, excellent cold extrusion performance, 18-month ambient stability without flavor degradation.

• Toppings and garnishes: Enhances salads, soups, yogurt bowls, and savory pastries with crunch retention post-refrigeration, natural green color stability without bleaching, uniform sizing for machine dispensing.

• Pastes and spreads: Grinds into premium nut-free seed butters and energy pastes with smooth emulsification from natural lecithin content, heat-stable during high-shear processing, spreadable consistency without graininess.

Other Industry Applications

In cosmetics, cold-presses into nourishing facial oils and antioxidant serums; in personal care, exfoliates in body scrubs and softens hair in conditioners; in pharmaceuticals, supplies zinc/magnesium for supplements; in industrial uses, extracts proteins for bioplastics and oils for lubricants.