Our Rapeseed oil qualities
We carry Rapeseed oil in the following qualities for you
Usage
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Cosmetics |
Food |
Pharmaceutics |
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| Rapeseed oil refined solvent extracted Ph. Eur. | |||
| Rapeseed oil virgin food | |||
| Organic rapeseed oil refined | |||
| Organic rapeseed oil cold pressed |
Rape plant & rape seed
Rape (Brassica napus) belongs to the cruciferous family like turnip and cabbage, but can reach a height of up to 150 cm. The annual green rapeseed plant is usually cultivated in Europe as winter rapeseed. WOSR is sown between July and October and then remains on the field for up to a year. Compared to summer rapeseed, winter rapeseed is characterized by a higher yield due to the longer growing season. WOSR is sown in late summer. The flowering period of rapeseed plants is 3 weeks and is between April and July depending on the variety and geographical location. First the main shoot (middle shoot) flowers bright yellow, then the side shoots flower. After flowering, the seeds ripen in the pods. These are green at the beginning, 5 to 10 cm long and contain between 20 and 35 seeds. Shortly before the harvest in early summer, the green pods ripen and turn brown. The rapeseed plant also loses its leaves. The grains obtained are black and round and have a thousand-grain mass of about 5 grams.
The rapeseed plant thrives best in nutrient-rich, deep soils. Very clayey soils with a strong tendency to stagnant moisture are unsuitable for rape cultivation.
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The world's largest growers of rapeseed are Canada, China, India, France, Germany and Poland. The global harvest is about 70 million tonnes. The main harvest time is early summer.
Depending on the processing method, approx. 66% of the rape seed mass is produced as by-products (rape cake, rape expeller, rape extraction meal). These by-products are mainly used as animal feed. Another by-product of rapeseed oil processing to biodiesel is Glycerine.
Background / history
Rapeseed is a very old crop plant in temperate latitudes. The country of origin is uncertain, probably it is located in Eurasia, where the plant is mentioned as early as 2000 BC. The name rapeseed oil is derived from the medieval word "Rübse"(= rape).
For centuries, rapeseed oil was characterized by its high erucic acid content, which not only impeded human nutrition (pathological changes in the heart muscle, fatty degeneration of the heart), but also caused health problems in animals (reduced appetite, lower weight, enlarged thyroid). Therefore, rapeseed oil was first used as lamp oil. It was only through the breeding of low-erucic acid varieties in the 1970s that rapeseed oil became suitable for human consumption (1973 first approval of a low-erucic acid rapeseed variety in Germany by the Bundessortenamt).
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 | 7 g |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids | 65 g |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 28 g |
Fatty acids ratio
Composition
| C18:1 Oleic acid | 50 – 67 % |
| C18:2 Linoleic acid | 16 – 30 % |
| C22:1 Erucic acid | max. 2 % |
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We offer Rapeseed oil in the following packaging units:
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25,000
kg
Tank truck -
900
kg
IBC -
190
kg
Drum -
27
kg
Canister