Linseed oil

The oil with the high content of linolenic acid

Very high content of alpha-linolenic acid. Is considered as a substitute for fish oil.

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Usage

  Öle & Fette für die Kosmetikindustrie
Cosmetics
Öle & Fette für die Lebensmittelindustrie
Food
Öle & Fette für die Pharmaindustrie
Pharmaceutics
Linseed oil refined food grade  
Linseed oil virgin Ph. Eur.
Organic linseed oil virgin  

In veterinary medicine linseed oil is used e.g. as laxative for sheep and horses and in cosmetics e.g. in peeling creams. To a small extent, cold-pressed linseed oil is used as edible oil. In addition, Linseed oil is also used in technical chemistry. It serves as a raw material to produce oil paints, varnishes, oil varnishes and linoleum, and to a lesser extent also for the modification of alkyd resins and for the preparation of soft soaps and printing inks. Due to its polymerising properties, linseed oil can be used as a colour binding agent.

INCI name: Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
CAS number: 8001-26-1
Botanical name: Flax (Linum usitatissimum L)

Flax & linseed

Linseed oil is a vegetable oil, which is obtained from linseeds (Linum usitatissimum). The annual flax grows to a size of 60-120 cm with mostly blue flowers. The seeds are contained in a spherical capsule. The dried brown capsules of the plant each contain 6-7 seeds with an oil content of approx. 38-44 %.

To obtain the oil, the seeds are pressed after grinding and if applicable refined. Linseed oil is an oleic, linoleic, but especially linolenic acid-rich, strongly drying oil which, when spread out, solidifies to a solid, transparent film within 24 to 36 hours.

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Cultivation & yield

Today, important countries of cultivation are the USA, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, India, Russia and Kazakhstan, and to a lesser extent Bolivia, Belgium, Holland, France and recently Germany again. The dried brown capsules of the plant contain 6-7 seeds each with an oil content of approx. 38-44 %.

Background / history

Flax is an ancient annual, blue-flowering cultivated plant that was already used 6000-8000 years ago by the Sumerians and Egyptians to wrap mummies in linen cloths, but was also used by the lake dwellers of the younger Stone Age at Lake Constance (Germany).  The original home of the plant is unknown. The Germanic tribes cultivated the plant. Until the 16th century, Germany was one of the most important "industrial countries" because of the cultivation of flax. As a result of its displacement by the smoother, more easily dyeable cotton, cultivation declined drastically.

25,000 kg
Tank truck

900 kg
IBC

190 kg
Drum

27 kg
Canister


General durability: canister 12 months, drum 18 months, IBC 6 months

Nutritional values & composition

Nutritional value (per 100g)
Energy 3,700 kJ / 900 kcal
Fat 100 g
Saturated fatty acids 10 g
Monounsaturated fatty acids 21 g
Polyunsaturated fatty acids 69 g

Fatty acids ratio

Composition

C18:1 Oleic acid 11 – 35 %
C18:2 Linoleic acid 11 – 24 %
C18:3 Linolenic acid 35 – 65 %

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We offer Linseed oil in the following packaging units:

  • 25,000 kg
    Tank truck
  • 900 kg
    IBC
  • 190 kg
    Drum
  • 27 kg
    Canister

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