Our Linseed oil qualities
We carry Linseed oil in the following qualities for you
Usage
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Cosmetics |
Food |
Pharmaceutics |
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| 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.
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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subscribe to market reportCultivation & 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:
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25,000
kg
Tank truck -
900
kg
IBC -
190
kg
Drum -
27
kg
Canister