Vegetable
Flat Leaf
S tier
Flat-leaf spinach has smooth, broad blades that wash easily and pack into salad bags—dominant in baby-leaf industrial production. Flavour is mild-green and sweet when young; mature flat leaves still cook well but are less “steakhouse crinkle.” Texture is tender without savoy grit traps. Ideal raw in salads, smoothies, and quick wilts. Machine harvest friendly. Bolts in heat like all true spinach—season and climate still rule.
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History
Smooth-leaf spinach was distinguished from savoy types in seed lists.
Baby flat-leaf salad programmes transformed spinach from canned to fresh bagged.
Global salad factories standardised flat-leaf baby spinach.
Flat-leaf baby spinach remained the highest-volume fresh spinach form.