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Sprouting is the practice of germinating seeds to be eaten raw or cooked. Sprouts can be germinated at home or produced industrially. They are a prominent ingredient of the raw food diet and common in Eastern Asian cuisine. Sprouting, like cooking, reduces anti-nutritional compounds in raw legumes. Raw lentils for example contain lectins, antinutrional proteins which can be reduced by sprouting or cooking. Sprouting is also applied on a large scale to barley as a part of the malting process. A downside to consuming raw sprouts is that the process of germinating seeds can also be conducive to harmful bacterial growth. ==Seeds suitable for sprouting== All viable seeds can be sprouted, but some sprouts should not be eaten raw. The most common food sprouts include: * Pulses (legumes; pea family): ::alfalfa, clover, fenugreek, lentil, pea, chickpea, mung bean and soybean (bean sprouts). * Cereals: ::oat, wheat, maize (corn), rice, barley, and rye * Pseudocereals: ::quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat * Oilseeds: ::sesame, sunflower, almond, hazelnut, linseed, peanut. * Brassica (cabbage family) ::broccoli, cabbage, watercress, mustard, mizuna, radish, and daikon (''kaiware'' sprouts), rocket (arugula), tatsoi, turnip. * Umbelliferous vegetables (parsley family) - these may be used more as microgreens than sprouts. :: carrot, celery, fennel, parsley. * Allium (onions) - cannot really distinguish between microgreens. :: onion, leek, green onion (''me-negi'' in Japanese cuisine) * Other vegetables and herbs: :: spinach, lettuce, milk thistle, lemon grass Although whole oats can be sprouted, oat groats sold in food stores, which are dehulled and require steaming or roasting to prevent rancidity, will not sprout. Whole oats may have an indigestible hull which makes them difficult or even unfit for human consumption. In the case of rice, the husk of the paddy is removed before sprouting. Brown rice is widely used for germination (GBR - Germinated Brown Rice) in Japan and other countries. All the sprouts of the solanaceae (tomato, potato, paprika, aubergine or eggplant) and rhubarb cannot be eaten as sprouts, either cooked or raw, as they can be poisonous.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011502909000340 ) Paid subscription required to access article.〕 Some sprouts can be cooked to remove the toxin, while others cannot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Vegetarian Society - Information Sheet - pulses )〕 With all seeds, care should be taken that they are intended for sprouting or human consumption rather than sowing. Seeds intended for sowing may be treated with chemical dressings. Several countries, such as New Zealand, also require that some varieties of imported edible seed be heat-treated, thus making them impossible to sprout. Quinoa in its natural state is very easy to sprout but when polished, or pre-cleaned of its saponin coating (becoming whiter), loses its power to germinate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sprouting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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