Butterhead lettuce has Buttery texture mild, sweet and succulent flavor. butter lettuce has a uniform, light green color. Its leaves are thick and large but are easily removed from its head.

Butter leaf lettuce is a good source of phytonutrients, organic compounds that are beneficial to your health and fight against disease. These phytonutrients include carotenoids, the substances that give the lettuce its pigment. One of these carotenoids is zeaxanthin. When consumed, zeaxanthin is absorbed into the retinal macula lutea in the eye.

Butter leaf lettuce is a good source of vitamin A. If you eat just 3.5 oz. of lettuce, it will provide you with 247 percent of your daily vitamin A needs. It also has beta carotene, which converts into vitamin A in the body.

Vitamin A is beneficial for skin and eye health and mucus membranes such as the lips. Lettuce is also a good source of vitamin K, which stimulates osteotrophic activity in the bones and can help increase bone mass. People suffering from Alzheimer’s disease also benefit from vitamin K as it limits neuronal damage in the brain. Further, butter lettuce contains vitamin C, which helps the body fight off infectious agents such as viruses.

Butter leaf lettuce contains both copper and iron, which help your body produce red blood cells. It also contains potassium, which helps regulate your blood pressure and controls your heart rate.

Manganese is another mineral found in butter leaf lettuce that works with antioxidants to help rid your body of free radicals and other harmful properties.

Butterhead lettuce recipies:

BLTA Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Grilled Chicken Nicoise Salad

Herb Crusted Roasted Pork Roast

Super Fruity Beet & Pear Salad