Dosage and Intake Guide

How Much Should I Eat? A Practical Guide to Daily Intake.

After trying microgreens for the first time, most people have one question — how much, and how often.

Fresh microgreens on a kitchen scale showing a precise daily serving

Consistency Over Quantity

The plant compounds in microgreens — particularly the signaling compounds unique to cruciferous vegetables — work through repeated daily exposure, not through occasional large doses. The biological systems they support build like a fitness adaptation. Regular small amounts over time produce stronger and more sustained results than sporadic large servings.

Finding Your Daily Amount

Foundational
1 oz
per day
The right place to start
About a small handful — enough to cover the top of a bowl or finish a plate of eggs. At this level you are establishing consistent daily exposure to the compounds that matter.
¾ of a 1.5oz box · ⅓ of a 3oz box
Optimal
1.5–2 oz
per day
The sweet spot
The intake range most consistently supported by human research — the level at which measurable effects on carcinogen excretion, oxidative DNA damage, and inflammatory markers have been documented.
1 full 1.5oz box · ½ of a 3oz box
Peak
2–2.5 oz
per day
Maximum support
For people under significant physical stress, elevated health concerns, or anyone who wants to maximize the biological benefits microgreens can provide. No known adverse effects at typical daily intake levels.
⅔ to 1 full 3oz box per day

What matters most is including them in your diet daily.

How to Think About Your Weekly Box

Each membership tier is calibrated to a specific daily intake range. Here's how they map:

Tier Weekly amount Daily serving Best for
Casual 8oz / week ~1oz per day Foundational daily exposure — the right starting point
Optimal ⭐ 12oz / week ~1.5–2oz per day Most consistently supported intake range — recommended for most people
Peak 18oz / week ~2–2.5oz per day Maximum consistent support across all biological pathways
Family 26oz / week Household serving Households sharing a weekly box, or highest daily intake at best value per ounce

Building the Daily Habit

The simplest approach is to attach microgreens to one meal you tend to eat every day. Lunch works well for most people because it happens regardless of how the morning went. Once that becomes automatic, adding a second serving is easy.

Add to existing meals
Eggs, a bowl, a sandwich, soup after it is poured, a smoothie, a piece of protein — microgreens work as a finishing ingredient on almost anything. No special meals required.
Eat them raw
Heat destroys the enzymes and fragile plant compounds that make microgreens biologically active. Always add microgreens after cooking, not during.
Chop before eating
Chopping triggers the conversion that produces sulforaphane. A brief chop and a minute of resting time before eating meaningfully increases what you get from each serving.
Chew thoroughly
More cell wall disruption means more conversion. Keep microgreens in your mouth a little longer during chewing.

On Variety

Different microgreens activate different biological pathways — broccoli for Nrf2 and sulforaphane, radish and mustard for complementary isothiocyanates, sunflower for vitamin E, amaranth for spermidine, salad mix for broad polyphenol and flavonoid coverage. Eating a mix daily covers more biological ground than eating one variety exclusively.

The curated membership box is built specifically around this principle — every variety is chosen for health benefit density, compound diversity, and the synergistic effects they produce together.

The Bottom Line

Eat one to two ounces of fresh microgreens every day. Eat them raw. Attach them to one meal you tend to eat daily until it becomes automatic. Everything else is optimization.

Start With a Free Sample — On Us

Three varieties, harvested and delivered within 24 hours, no payment information required. Try them across a few meals, find what works for your routine, and see how effortlessly they fit into what you are already eating.