Organic Wheatgrass Powder | Triticum Aestivum

Fresh wheatgrass juice — juiced on the spot from living grass — is considered the gold standard by raw food advocates because it contains maximum live enzyme activity. The drawback: you need a wheatgrass juicer, fresh grass (which spoils quickly), and the juice must be consumed within 15 minutes before the enzymes degrade. Powder is the practical alternative. It retains most of the nutritional profile — chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fibre — in a shelf-stable format you can use any time. Some enzyme activity is reduced during drying, which is the tradeoff. For daily, consistent supplementation, powder wins on convenience and cost. One scoop of this field-grown, tip-harvested powder provides the nutrient equivalent of 10 shots of tray-grown juice — the concentration factor offsets the enzyme loss.

Green. Grassy. Earthy. Mildly sweet with a vegetal edge. If you’ve ever tasted fresh-cut grass or a concentrated green smoothie, you know the general territory. Most people find it tolerable in water and genuinely pleasant in smoothies. Rabisha (verified buyer) specifically switched from another brand because Moolihai’s wheatgrass tastes noticeably better — field-grown, tip-harvested wheatgrass has a sweeter, less bitter profile than tray-grown varieties. If you’re new to wheatgrass, start by blending it into a fruit smoothie (banana and mango work particularly well) and gradually try it in plain water as your palate adjusts. Adding lemon or honey to the water version helps too.

Start with 1 teaspoon (3–5g) per day, ideally on an empty stomach or between meals for best absorption. After a week, you can increase to 2 teaspoons daily if you want a stronger effect. Some dedicated users take 1 tablespoon (about 10g) daily, though this is the upper end and not necessary for most people. If you experience any digestive adjustment — mild nausea, loose stools, or bloating — scale back to half a teaspoon and build up gradually. This is normal and usually resolves within a few days as your body adjusts to the concentrated chlorophyll and fibre. At 1 teaspoon daily, the 100g pack lasts approximately 3–4 weeks.

Wheatgrass is a food, not a drug — but children’s digestive systems are more sensitive to concentrated green powders. For children over 5, half a teaspoon mixed into a fruit smoothie is a reasonable starting point. The green colour can be a hard sell for some kids, but blending with mango or banana disguises both the colour and the taste effectively. For children under 5, consult your paediatrician before introducing any concentrated supplement. If your child has a wheat allergy (distinct from gluten intolerance — wheat allergy is an immune reaction to wheat proteins), consult an allergist first, even though wheatgrass is from the leaf, not the grain.

Wheatgrass is generally considered safe during pregnancy at food-level doses (1 teaspoon daily). It’s a nutrient-dense green food, not a herbal medicine with active pharmacological compounds. The iron, folate, and vitamin content can actually be supportive during pregnancy. That said, two cautions apply. First, the detoxification effect — wheatgrass stimulates liver detox pathways, and rapid detoxification during pregnancy is not desirable because mobilised toxins can theoretically reach the fetus. If you weren’t taking wheatgrass before pregnancy, pregnancy is not the ideal time to start. Second, the standard advice: discuss any new supplement with your OB-GYN or midwife before adding it during pregnancy.