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Uses for sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) seeds include the following:

  • As a food used raw, baked, roasted, salted or not salted.
  • Can be used for feeding seed-eating birds.
  • Can be made into butter (like peanut butter) or made into bread.
  • Oil is extracted for cooking, margarine and biodiesel.
  • When oil is extracted, the remaining "cake" can be used for cattle food.
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