Company History. The story of Georgeson is fundamentally the story of two companies â Georgeson & Company Inc., founded in 1935 by Lloyd Georgeson, and Shareholder Communications Corporation, founded in 1969 by Alexander Miller.
Again, it is important to note that sunflower seeds themselves do not contain gluten. If they are raw or toasted with nothing but salt and oil, they are still gluten free. It is those pesky seasonings and flavorings that surprise you with a gluten containing ingredient so read labels carefully.1  reply.o, no, not the kind in the shell that you can happily munch on at sporting events; but the kind that comes shelled, roasted and salted. The Planter's brand of sunflower kernels does contain gluten-to the company's credit, it is labeled very clearly on the package.
Of the products typically consumed as snack foods, pistachio and sunflower kernel were found to be richest in phytosterols, according to one study. However, sunflower seeds and kernels can contain high levels of the carcinogenic heavy metal cadmium, since sunflower plants have a tendency to accumulate cadmium.Sunflower seeds grown for consumption as seeds are known as confectionary sunflower seeds.n addition, sunflower seeds also contains relatively high levels of copper, which has been shown to increase angiogenesis and metastasis of breast cancer, especialy in women with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) or triple negative (ER-/PR-/HER2-) disease.