Amherst County Schools Lettuce

Your Price: $2.95

Romaine lettuce’s green color, long leaves, and crunchy texture make it a very popular salad base. Tossing your salad greens with a small amount of healthy oil is also a great idea, as the oil adds a dose of healthy fat and flavor.

Part Number: 4826SML

AVAILABILITY: OUT OF STOCK

Weight: TBD

Seed Type: Salivus

Grower: Mt. Pleasant Growers LLC

Priced: Per Head

PLEASE NOTE: "OUT OF STOCK" ITEMS CAN ONLY BE ORDERED WITH A AUTOSHIP SUBSCRIPTION RECURRING ORDER

Health & Nutrition Benefits

Mt. Pleasant Growers not only grows a higher nutrient level lettuce in all of our varieties verses Iceberg lettuce. But, we also deliver our lettuce within 24 hours of harvest. Did you know that the nutritional value found in vegetables actually starts to deteriorate within the first day or two of harvesting. University of California studies show that vegetables can lose 15 to 55 percent of vitamin C, for instance, within a week. The Mt. Pleasant Grower lettuce varieties have 14 times more Vitamin A and 5 times more Vitamin K than in Iceberg lettuce.

See the table below for in depth analysis of nutrients found in the Mt. Pleasant Growers varities of lettuce, that include Oakleaf, Romaine, Sweet Crisp, Loose-Leaf Salad Mix, Butter, Skyphos, Muir, Batavia and Buttercrunch
Lettuce, (Lactuca sativa var. crispa), green leaf, raw, green-leaf, Nutritive value per 100 g.
(Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)
Principle	Nutrient Value	Percent of RDA
Energy	15 Kcal	1 %
Carbohydrates	2.87 g	2%
Protein	1.36 g	2%
Total Fat	0.15 g	0.5%
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Dietary Fiber	1.3 g	3%
Vitamins
Folates	38 µg	9.5%
Niacin	0.375 mg	2%
Pantothenic acid	0.134 mg	2.5%
Pyridoxine	0.090 mg	7%
Riboflavin	0.080 mg	6 %
Thiamin	0.070 mg	6%
Vitamin A	7405 IU	247%
Vitamin C	9.2 mg	15%
Vitamin E-alpha	0.29 mg	2%
Vitamin K	126.3 µg	105%
Electrolytes
Sodium	28 mg	2%
Potassium	194 mg	4%
Minerals
Calcium	36 mg	3.5%
Copper	0.029 mg	3%
Iron	0.86 mg	10%
Magnesium	13 mg	3%
Manganese	0.250 mg	11%
Phosphorus	29 mg	4%
Zinc	0.18 mg	1.5%

Compare the Nutrients Levels of Iceberg Lettuce to the varities of Mt. Pleasant Growers lettuce and you can decide, which is better for you.

Iceberg lettuce, (Lactuca sativa var. capitata), Nutritive value per 100 g.
(Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)
Principle	Nutrient Value	Percent of RDA
Energy	14 Kcal	<1%
Carbohydrates	2.97 g	2.3%
Protein	0.9 g	1.6%
Total Fat	0.14 g	0.7%
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Dietary Fiber	1.2 g	3%
Vitamins
Folates	29 µg	7.5%
Niacin	0.123 mg	<1%
Pantothenic acid	0.091 mg	2%
Pyridoxine	0.042 mg	3%
Riboflavin	0.025 mg	2%
Thiamin	0.041 mg	3.5%
Vitamin A	502 IU	16.7%
Vitamin C	2.8 mg	3%
Vitamin E-a	0.18 mg	1.2%
Vitamin K	24.1 µg	20%
Electrolytes
Sodium	10 mg	<1%
Potassium	141 mg	3%
Minerals
Calcium	18 mg	1.8%
Copper	0.025 mg	3%
Iron	0.41 mg	5%
Magnesium	7 mg	1.75%
Manganese	0.125 mg	5%
Phosphorus	20 mg	3%
Zinc	0.15 mg	1.4%