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Pumpkin Seeds

Sweet and lightly floral, with a mellow finish. Pumpkin seeds are the base of our Protein Bars and our pumpkin seed butters.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Varieties: 45+
Seeds per pumpkin: ~500

Shop pumpkin snacks Field to bakery

Why we bake with it

12g
Pumpkin seed protein
12g of pumpkin seed protein in every Protein Bar.
Organic
In our butters
Our pumpkin seed butters start with organic pumpkin seeds.
0
Top 9 allergens
Baked in our dedicated bakery, free from the top 9 food allergens.
Native
Close to home
One of the few crops native to the Northeast.

From field to bakery

Where is it grown?

Most pumpkin seeds come from China and India; Russia, Ukraine, the US and Mexico grow plenty too. In the US, most pumpkins are grown in Illinois.

How much water?

About 12 gallons per pound of pumpkin. That's roughly 75× less than almonds.

How long does it take?

85 to 120 days. Farmers plant in May for an October harvest.

When is it harvested?

At the end of the season. One machine picks the pumpkins, pulls out the seeds and returns the flesh to the soil for next year's crop. The seeds are washed and dried, and keep all year.

The seed through history

5000 BCE Earliest evidence of pumpkins grown in Mexico
3500 BCE Pumpkins are grown on farms, even before corn and beans
1796 Pumpkin pie first appears as a recipe in a cookbook
2015 88 Acres launches its first seed bars, made with sunflower, pumpkin and flax
2016 88 Acres launches Pumpkin Seed Butter