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Hemp Nutritional Composition
Nutritional Composition
The following tables and charts offer typical specifications and compositional
breakdown of various hemp food seed & oil products.

 

Nutritional Facts
Per 100g Serving
Whole
Hemp Seed
Hulled
Hemp Seed
Hemp
Seed Oil
Hemp Flour
Energy 500kCal 560 kCal 725 kCal 385 kCal
Protein 23 g 33 g 0 g 33 g
Total Fat 31 g 44 g 99.9 g 7 g
Saturated 3 g 15 g 9.7 g 0.7 g
Unsaturated 28 g 39 g 90.2 g 6.3 g
Carbohydrates 34 g 12 g 0 g 44.5 g
Dietary Fiber 30 g 7 g n/a n/a
Sugars 2 g 3 g n/a n/a
Ash 6 g 6 g 0 g 7.3 g
Moisture 6 g 5 g 0.1 g 8.2 g
Cholesterol 0 g 0 g 0.0 g 0.0 g
Minerals  
Calcium 75 mg 12 mg n/a 200 mg
Iron 5 mg 3 mg n/a 23 mg
Sodium 8 mg 1.5 mg n/a 15 mg
THC Content None Detected None Detected None Detected None Detected
 
Typical Specifications for Whole and Hulled hemp seeds, Hemp seed oil and Hemp Flour
 

 

Whole Hemp Seeds
Hulled Hemp Seeds
Hemp Seed Oil
Typical specification for Prairie Emerald Oil® hemp seed oil


 

Hemp Seed Oil
Fatty Acid Analysis
Saturated Fatty Acids in % of total fatty acids
Palmitic acid (16:0)
Margaric acid (17:0)
Stearic acid (18:0)
Arachidic acid (20:0)
Behenic acid (22:0)
Lignoceric (24:0)
6.50%
0.03%
2.50%
0.40%
0.20%
0.06%
Total saturated fatty acids 9.7%
 
Unsaturated fatty acids in % of total fatty acids
Palmitoleic (16:1)
Oleic acid (18:1 omega-9)
Linoleic acid (18:2 omega-6)
gamma-Linolenic acid (18:3 omega-6)
alpha-Linolenic acid (18:3 omega-3)
Stearidonic acid (18:4 omega-3)
Eicosaenoic acid (20:1)
0.12%
10.50%
55.20%
3.10%
20.00%
1.20%
0.50%
Total unsaturated fatty acids 90.20%
 
Chemical Analysis
Vitamin E 100-150 mg/100g (mostly
gamma-tocopherol) 13-20 IU/100g (as alpha-tocopherol equivalents)
Chlorophyll
THC content
Specific gravity
Iodine value
Peroxide value
Free Fatty Acids
Phosphatides
Smoke Point
Melting Point
Cholesterol
50-20 ppm
None Detected
0.92 kg/l
110
0.3 meg/kg
1.50% (as oleic acid)
100-400 ppm
330 °F (165 °C)
18 °F (-8 °C)
none
Note: 1 ppm (part per million) = 1 mg/kg = 1 mcg/g
 

 

Comparison of Dietary Oils

 

Hemp seed oil has been dubbed, "Nature's most perfectly balanced oil" due to the fact that it contains the perfectly balanced 3:1 ratio of both the required essential fatty acids (EFAs) for long term human consumption.
Omega 6 -Linoleic Acid (LA) : Omega 3 - Linolenic Acid (LNA).
Hemp oil is also an excellent source of the LA derivative super-polyunsaturated
Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) at 2.5-3% of volume*

* Based on EFA composition noted in research crop reports conducted in Manitoba and Canada during the last three years.


 
Oils Containing both Omega 6 and Omega 3 (ratio)
 
  • Hemp 3:1 (deemed optimum)
  • Flax 1:4
  • Canola 2:1
  • Soybean 7:1
Oils Containing GLA (percent of total EFAs)
 
  • Hemp 2.5-3.5%
  • Evening Primrose 9%
  • Borage 24%

Only Hemp seed oil contains Omega 6, Omega 3 and GLA
Only Hemp seed oil contains 75-80% polyunsaturated fatty acids - highest in the plant kingdom and unique among seed oils.
 


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