Red Cabbage Sprouting Seeds
Red cabbage is similar to white cabbage except the stem is red. It adds color to sprout mixes and is more interesting than white cabbage.
Where to Buy Red Cabbage Sprout Seeds
Your search is over. We can provide you with red cabbage sprout seeds of the highest quality. ISS is a global sprouting seed company. It’s a brand you can trust. For pricing on red cabbage sprout seeds, call (800) 277-7688.
Red Cabbage Sprouting Seeds for Commercial Growers
Red cabbage is the best-looking sprout we sell, and in a category where most product is white and green, that is a commercial argument, not a cosmetic one. The stems come in a saturated magenta purple that survives washing and shows through a clamshell. Chefs buy it for plate color. Retailers buy it because it breaks up a monotone shelf.
Flavor is mild and faintly peppery, closer to fresh cabbage than to a hot mustard, which means it goes into salad mixes and sandwich blends without taking them over. It also runs as a microgreen, and that is increasingly where the demand is.
Growing notes
This is a small brassica seed, so it wants the same discipline as broccoli: careful soaking, even hydration, and a room that does not drift warm. Penn State Extension groups cabbage with the other brassica microgreens that reach harvest fast, generally within about seven to eight days, which makes it one of the quicker turns you can put in a tray. In a vessel it runs on a sprout schedule of a few days.
- Uniform small seed. Even sizing is what prevents channeling and dead spots in a vessel.
- Selected for color expression, not just germination. A pale lot defeats the purpose of growing this crop.
- Germination figure and lot number with every order.
- Untreated, grown and handled for food use.
Food safety and documentation
Red cabbage sprouts are eaten raw, so seed screening carries the weight. FDA’s sprout rules are in 21 CFR part 112, Subpart M, and every lot we sell passes ISS food safety screening before it is offered, with lot documentation available for buyers and inspectors.
Where it fits your line
Red cabbage is usually a blend component or a premium single item rather than a volume driver, which is exactly why the margin is better. If you are already running brassicas, our broccoli and clover blend is the companion product, and the wash system handles the fine seed coat load that brassicas throw off.
Questions about a lot, a germination figure, or which size makes sense for your run? Call us at (800) 277-7688 or send us a note. You will get somebody who has grown this crop, not a call center.
