Poppy seeds are usually the most overlooked in the superfood fray because not many of us know that these tiny seeds, with ...

Types: Kellison notes that the most common type in the U.S. is the blue poppy seed (botanical name, Papaver Somniferum), sometimes called Dutch Blue when sourced from Holland or Canada.

“[Contaminated] poppy seeds actually do have opiates in them,” she says–but lots of medications, even common, over-the-counter drugs can confound tests with entirely different compounds.

And two of the common seeds used for tempering are mustard seeds and poppy seeds. What makes these two seeds interesting, nutritious, and which one is healthier? Let us find out.

The poppy referred to by McCrae is known today as the corn poppy or Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas), a common flower native to Europe, Trinklein says. Its seeds often lie dormant for years and ...