Flaxseed
Brown and golden flaxseed for food, feed, milling and industrial linseed oil.
Indicative HS heading: 1204.00
Prices are quoted per enquiry. Availability, origin and certification are confirmed per shipment.
Product overview
Flaxseed serves two industries that barely speak to each other. On the food side it is an omega-3 and dietary fibre ingredient, sold whole for bakery topping and inclusion or milled for nutritional applications. On the industrial side the same crop is crushed for linseed oil, whose high linolenic content makes it dry into a hard film — the basis of oil paints, putty, linoleum and wood finishes.
The commercial risk in flax is oxidation. High linolenic oil is exactly what makes the seed valuable and exactly what makes milled flax go rancid quickly. Whole seed is stable for far longer than milled seed, so unless you have a stabilised milling process and cold-chain packaging, buy whole seed and mill close to use.
Brown and golden flax are nutritionally similar; the choice is usually visual, driven by how the seed will look in a finished bakery product.
Canadian supply context
Canada is a long-established flaxseed origin, with production concentrated in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The crop supplies both the food-grade export trade and oilseed crushing.
Buyers with food-grade programmes should confirm the traceability and testing package their market requires at the enquiry stage, since food and industrial flax are handled to different standards even when they come from the same growing region.
Types, grades and variants
All variants of Flaxseed are supplied from this single product record — there is no separate page or separate specification to chase.
Brown flaxseed
The main commercial class; food, feed and crushing.
Golden flaxseed
Lighter seed coat used where appearance in bakery matters.
Whole seed
Stable in storage; the default export presentation.
Milled flax
Supplied only against a defined shelf-life and packaging specification.
Key specifications
Indicative ranges for the commodity. Lot values are confirmed on the certificate of analysis for each shipment.
- Purity
- Typically 99 %+ after cleaning for food grade
- Moisture
- Normally 8–10 % maximum at loading
- Oil content
- Commonly around 38–44 %; confirmed per lot
- Free fatty acid
- Relevant for crushing lots; stated where required
- Admixture
- Other seeds and foreign material limited per contract
Applications
- Bakery inclusion and seed toppings
- Omega-3 and fibre nutritional products
- Animal and pet feed formulation
- Linseed oil crushing for paints, putty and wood finishes
- Linoleum and industrial coating raw material
Packaging & supply options
- 25 kg and 50 kg woven polypropylene bags
- 1,000 kg bulk bags
- Bulk in lined containers
Export & commercial notes
- Separate food-grade and industrial-grade enquiries; the testing package and price basis differ.
- Milled product requires an agreed shelf life and barrier packaging — specify it before contracting.
- Quoted FOB, CFR or CIF.
Documentation
Commonly relevant documents. Availability is confirmed per order and destination.
- Certificate of Analysis
- Phytosanitary Certificate
- Certificate of Origin
- GMO status declaration
- Pesticide residue report on request
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