Farm Fresh Linseed

We often refer to our natural culinary linseed oil (flaxseed oil) as being "Farm Fresh" - but what does that mean, and why does it matter?

Ground linseed and linseed oil (flaxseed oil) are very delicate. The omega-3 part of the oil can suffer damage from heat and light, and this is the most important part of the oil for health reasons. It must be treated almost like milk and be as fresh as possible, from the farm!

Pressing On Demand (Applies To Natural Culinary Linseed Oil Only)

We ensure you get the fresh oil by having a batch press-on-demand system. Generally, the natural culinary linseed oil (flaxseed oil) is sent to you 2 or 3 days from pressing. We do not think you will get it anywhere else as fresh! 

All our bottles are filled by hand, and the oil is not pumped through filters and pipes; nature does all the settling for us, and we filter through muslin, keeping the oil full of energy. Each bottle comes with a little silver label with the pressing date that guarantees you have the best quality fresh oil or meal made with love.

Don't Take Our Word On Fresh!

You can go and look in any health food store for linseed or flaxseed, and you will find sell-by dates from nine months to a year or even more. Once, we even saw three years as a best-before date with no visible pressed date, although you may see a code. 

With this kind of system, you cannot tell when the oil was pressed. We believe many people will unwittingly buy rancid oil with a bitter taste. This is borne out by many who, when they taste our oil, cannot believe how delicious and effective it is compared to others they have tried.

Caring for Your Linseed Oil (Flaxseed Oil) & Ground Meal

Please keep your linseed oil (flaxseed oil) in the fridge and use it within about eight weeks. Ours will be good for a while longer, up to three months. However, the taste will always be the test; if it tastes nutty and fresh, it is wonderful and nutritious, but when it starts to taste bitter, then this is the time to use it on the garden fence! 

The fresh linseed (flaxseed) ground meal should be kept in a sealed container in the fridge.

Choosing The Linseed Farm is your guarantee for the freshest and best-loved linseed oil (laxseed oil) available anywhere in the country.

Have a look at our recipes page to find out how to use all these different products in your diet!