Hemp Nutritional Composition

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

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

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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