What is made from sunflowers?

Answer 1

Products made from sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) include the following:

• Seeds - as a food used raw, baked, roasted, salted or not salted.
• Seeds - can be used for feeding seed-eating birds.
• Seeds - can be made into butter (like peanut butter) or made into bread.
• Seeds - oil is extracted for cooking, margarine and biodiesel.
• Seeds - when oil is extracted, the remaining "cake" can be used for cattle food.
• Flower - ornamental plant for flower or vegetable gardens.
• Plant - produces latex and may be source for nonallergenic rubber.
• Stem - contains a fiber that can be used in paper production.
• Leaves - can be used for cattle feed.
• Roots - used in phytoremediation to extract poisons from the soil.
• Native tribes also used the sunflower as a medicinal ointment.