Hemp seeds are high in protein and are often used in vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets. Hemp bread can be made with a variety of ingredients, including natural sweeteners, and is nutritious. The use of hemp seeds in food products is legal as long as they come from a variety of hemp that does not produce marijuana buds.
Hemp is used around the world in a range of useful products, from textiles, paper and rope to cosmetics, fuels and even foods. Hemp seeds are high in protein – soybeans are the only plant that provides the most amino acids – and they are often counted towards supplementing a diet free of animal proteins. Hemp bread, made with crushed seed flour, boasts all eight amino acids the body needs to thrive.
Many who live vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free lifestyles hail the use of hemp seeds in recipes such as hemp bread for the protein punch they provide. Finely ground into a flour, removing all oils, hemp seeds are often used in concert with other binding proteins such as teff, potato starch, arrowroot powder, and rice flour to provide a complete nutritional sandwich package and creams. Most of the other ingredients in hemp bread are similar to those in other breads: salt, sugar, baking powder, oil, and baking soda.
Hemp bread recipes range from savory to hyper-sweet. Sandwich varieties include ingredients like garlic, onion powder, more salt, and less sugar. When sweetbreads are made, less salt and more sugar is included, along with natural sweeteners such as honey, brown sugar, maple syrup, jellies, or whole pieces of fruit. The opportunities for experimentation are many.
A recipe for hemp bread, a gluten-free loaf, contains a different combination of nutrients. Formed in a standard size loaf pan, contains hemp flour, brown rice, teff and tapioca, salt, xanthan gum, water, yeast, brown sugar, olive oil, honey, cider vinegar and root powder of arrow. It takes 60 minutes of cooking at approximately 350°F (about 182.2°C) to complete cooking.
The end result is a nutritious bread with marketing potential, despite the occasional legality concern. Hemp seeds and their products are legal, as long as the seeds have been produced from a variety of hemp that does not produce marijuana buds, the THC-laden pot plant known as Cannabis sativa. According to an interview with Lynn Gordon of California’s French Meadow Bakery, hemp bread has been an on/off option in her bakery since 2000, depending on the legalities associated with marijuana and its seeds. The state relaxed its grip on marijuana production in 1996 when it approved the drug for medicinal use, but possession and cultivation is still illegal for the population without a prescription. To be safe, it’s best to make hemp bread with hemp seeds, not cannabis sativa seeds.
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