Bakery Grade Sunflower Hearts are premium sunflower seeds that are harvested from only the plumpest black sunflower seeds, that are dehulled to leave just the edible hearts, so there's no waste or mess to clear up making sunflower hearts a firm favourite with our customers, especially as we now sell them in economical 22.6kg bulk sacks.
Unlike confectionary sunflower hearts that are much poorer in nutrition, our bakery grade sunflower hearts are high in beneficial mono and polyunsaturated fats, high in protein, vitamin E an excellent antioxidant, cooper, folate, zinc, iron and phytochemicals. The inferior medium striped sunflower varieties that are dehulled and used in the confectionary trade and used in some wild bird food's simply don't come up to scratch!
All the sunflower hearts sold on our website regardless of size are 100% natural and additive free, including the sunflower hearts used in the wild bird food blends, that are cleaned to a purity level of 99.9%, to ensure you only feed high quality seeds to your visiting garden birds.
Sunflower Hearts also know as Sunflower Kernels are nutritious, easy to digest, high in oils and energy and appeal to a large variety of wild birds, particularly the smaller species such as blue tits which must eat a quarter of their body weight in food per day to survive the cold weather.
As sunflower hearts are just the edible heart with the black outer husk removed, they offer wild birds a more easily available source of high energy food, as no time is spent cracking open husks, saving valuable energy, can be fed all year round, but are especially useful during the cold winter months and early spring when many of our native wild bird species are struggling to survive.
Sunflower kernels or hearts are eaten by nearly all of our native wild birds, even traditional non seed eaters have developed a taste for them, including Robins, Blackbirds and Thrushes, they are high in calories due to their oil content and there's no mess clear up under wild bird feeders, stands or tables. So they are the ideal choice for keen gardeners who want the birds to visit, but do not want to clean up after them.
While black oil sunflower seeds and striped sunflower seeds are popular with many native species, sunflower hearts attract more wild birds than both of the seeds combined, as the beaks of some wild birds can not remove the husks of the seeds, consequently many high quality wild bird foods contain them to attract as many wild birds to your garden as possible! Sunflower hearts are also versatile and can be fed all year round using any tubular seed feeder, bird table, ground feeder, window feeder or simply placed directly on the ground.
Without doubt if you want to attract as many wild birds into your garden as possible with the minimum amount of effort, we always recommend to those customers they feed sunflower hearts, if nothing else as no other seed variety including black oil sunflower seeds or striped sunflower seeds, is so readily eaten by all birds, even those that are too small or weak to crack open the shells of sunflower seeds and leaves virtually no mess for bird enthusiasts to clear up!
The sunflower hearts we sell online are bakery grade hearts, that are free from harmful chemicals, not cheap inferior, low quality sunflower seeds that have been screened to ensure you only receive high quality hearts, so you won't find squashed or damaged seeds amongst the sunflower seeds in the bag, so why not purchase your bulk wild bird foods at affordable prices from us?
Sunflower Hearts - Bird Feeding Advice
Sunflower hearts are eaten by the following wild bird species: Goldfinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Great Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Robins, Song Thrush, Tree Sparrow and Wood Pigeon.
Please note sunflower hearts are eaten by virtually all wild birds and extremely good value for money in bulk sizes, but Pipits and Wrens will only take these if mealworms or insects are not available! All our sunflower hearts, including monkey nuts and whole peanuts are tested for mould and aspergillus for the health and safety of your garden birds, allowing you to buy your bird food from us with complete confidence.
We sell many of our wild bird foods, in large economical bulk sizes including sunflower hearts, as it allows us to offer our customers free delivery and makes sense as customers don't have to keep popping out to their local pet shop or supermarket to buy small expensive bags to top up feeders, just look out for the free delivery offers on the website.
Sunflower Hearts for Birds - Nutritional Information & Features:
- 100% natural and additive free
- Protein 24%, 640 calories per 100g
- Sunflower hearts can be fed all year round
- Available in economical 22.6kg bags with free delivery
- Can be fed from a wild bird table, seed or ground feeder
- Sunflower hearts are huskless so there's less mess and no waste
- Sunflower seeds are rich in oil, high in protein, calories and beneficial fats
- Bakery grade sunflower hearts, not cheap confectionary sunflower seeds
- Can be mixed with single seed varieties or straights to create your own wild bird food
- Sunflower hearts or kernels are eaten by a wide variety of wild birds, including non seed eaters
