Our Evening primrose oil qualities
We carry Evening primrose oil in the following qualities for you
Usage
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Cosmetics |
Food |
Pharmaceutics |
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| Evening primrose oil pressed and refined Ph. Eur. min. 9% GLA | |||
| Evening primrose oil pressed refined min. 10% GLA | |||
| Evening primrose oil virgin pressed | |||
| Organic evening primrose oil pressed and refined | |||
| Organic evening primrose oil virgin pressed |
The evening primrose
The biennial plant forms a flat rosette on the ground in the first year, only in the second year it develops an inflorescence with yellow flowers up to 1 m high. The 20 cm long turnips harvested in autumn were known very early on as a valued vegetable (yellow Rapunzel).
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The evening primrose, which originates from North America, can also be found wild in many places in Germany. Today the evening primrose is mainly cultivated and processed in China.
Background / history
Even the native American population used the oil extracted from the seeds for wound healing. The evening primrose, introduced from North America at the beginning of the 17th century, is widespread in temperate latitudes on wasteland and (formerly) on railway embankments.
190
kg
Drum
27
kg
Canister
General durability: canister 12 months, drum 18 months
Nutritional values & composition
| Nutritional value | (per 100g) |
| Energy | 3,700 kJ / 900 kcal |
| Fat | 100 g |
| Saturated fatty acids | 9 g |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids | 8 g |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 83 g |
Fatty acids ratio
Composition
| C18:1 Oleic acid | 5 – 12 % |
| C18:2 Linoleic acid | 65 – 85 % |
| C18:3 Gamma-linolenic acid | 9 – 14 % |
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We offer Evening primrose oil in the following packaging units:
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190
kg
Drum -
27
kg
Canister