The range and popularity of vegetable raw materials is growing, in connection with this, there is a need to study the prospects for the use of new or less popular food products of the "superfood" category for specialized nutrition as a source of essential macro and micro nutrients. The study analyzed the benefits and possible difficulties of using microgreens for specialized nutrition. Microgreens can be a good source of essential nutrients, since they have a wide range of them in their chemical composition, which can be used to form a complete diet. However, to date, the use of microgreens is associated with difficulties, since this category of raw materials of plant origin has been little studied.
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