Hemp Seed Milk

Hemp is a great source of protein (20% ) and fat (omega 3, 6 and 9) and contains a full spectrum of amino acids which our bodies cannot produce.

The easiest milk to make as it requires almost no preparation and last for 2-3 days.

Arguably the most nutritional milk from a single source.

Taste and Texture

Hemp seed milk has a creamy texture to it, somewhere between semi-skimmed and full-cream dairy milk.

There is very little taste to the hemp seed milk, especially after passed through a fine sieve.

Recommended usage

Can be used for cereals as a direct replacement for milk.

Works well in sauces or as a creamy liquid to mix with dry ingredients when cooking or blending

Preparation

Measure out quarter of a cup of hemp seeds per litre of water.

Rinse the hemp seeds to remove any dust from packaging.

Fill blender with 1 litre of water and rinsed hemp seeds.

Blend for 1-2 minute on high speed (depending on power of blender) - or until the top of the milk becomes very frothy. The milk may become warm, but does not need to become hot.

Pour the milk into a suitable glass jar through a very fine sieve.

Place the glass jar of milk into the fridge to cool. Or place is a cold location if too warm to place in the fridge.

Hint::Rapidly cool milk

Add a large ice cube to the milk to cool more rapidly and be able to place jar in the fridge sooner.

During colder months, place the jar of milk outside to cool before placing in the fridge.

Nutritional values

The ingredients of Hemp seed milk are water and hemp seeds.

The typical nutrient amounts found in hemp sees are defined in the table below.

Typical Nutrients:	Amount per 100g:
Energy	1906kj/456kcal
Fat	31.6g
of which saturates	3.2g
Carbohydrate	7.4g
of which sugars	6.7g
Fibre	30.6g
Protein	20.2g
Salt	0.07g

Hemp seeds amino acids profile

Complete List of Hemp’s Amino Acids

Essential amino acids are again marked in bold

amino acid	% of total
Alanine	4.7
Arginine	11.4
Aspartic Acid	10.7
Cystine	2
Glutamic Acid	17.6
Glycine	4.8
Histidine	2.7
Isoleucine	4.5
Leucine	6.8
Lysine	3.8
Methionine	2.6
Phenylalanine	4.7
Proline	4.6
Serine	5
Threonine	3.9
Tryptophan	1.1
Tyrosine	3.3
Valine	5.6