Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower seeds are the fruit of the sunflower. The sunflower belongs to the daisy family and is a yellow-flowered agricultural plant grown for its seeds and oil. Sunflower is one of the most important oil plants in the world and in Turkey. In Turkey, it is mostly grown in the Marmara Region and is dense in the Thrace Region. Sunflower oil takes first place among the preferred vegetable oils in terms of edible quality.

It is an important oil plant that contains a high percentage of quality oil in sunflower grains and ranks first in terms of cultivation area, its production and oil production. These seeds can also be eaten and contain a large number of beneficial nutrients. It has special importance for human health with its features such as low saturated fat ratios in its seed, containing rich linoleic acid, fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K in the human body and having high nutritional values.