Nutrition
Why we love HEMP
Hemp is our hero, it not only grows without the use of herbicides and pesticides, it is a rich source of vitamins and minerals too. Hemp is full of proteins and carbs as well. Hemp has low carbon emissions meaning that its better for the enviroment to boot!
What's in a seed?
This is the breakdown of whats in a hemp seed. As you can see they are full of protein and oil! No part of the plant is wasted as it can all be put to good use.
How hemp compares to other oils
Hemp oil offers a rich source of two essential fatty acids (EFAs); alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is an omega-3 fatty acid, and linoleic acid (LA), which is an omega-6 fatty acid. As you can see from the table below, very few plants produce GLA or SDA in their seeds. Hemp is the only industrial source of these rare fatty acids.
The GLA and SDA which are found in hempseed oil are probably responsible for the health benefits that we get from hemp seed.
Have your cake and eat it too
FINOLA hempseed and hempseed meal, or ‘seed cake’, contains high amounts of many important nutritional components. This includes; phytosterols, lignins, vitamins, and minerals. There is a high amount of vitamin E in hempseed, which is also present in hempseed oil.
As you can see from the table below there is a lot of vitamins and minerals found in hemp.
Amino acids and other things
FINOLA hempseed protein is approximately 1/3 albumin and 2/3 edestin. Albumin and edestin are both high-quality proteins, these contain all of the essential amino acids in nutritionally significant amounts; especially methionine, this is an essential sulfur-containing amino that is lacking in most other vegetable proteins.
In addition, hempseed lacks the trypsin inhibiting factors that reduce the nutritional absorption of soy protein. Hempseed is lacking in gluten, which is an allergenic protein found in wheat and some other grains. FINOLA hempseed protein is also high in arginine, the biological precursor to nitric oxide, which supports healthy blood flow and cardiac function.
So how does this all compare
Some amino acids are essential to human health, which means that they are not produced in the body. This means they must be obtained as part of a daily diet.
As you can see in the table below, the essential amino acids are identified by an asterisk, you can easily see how the amino acid profile of hemp seed hemp seed protein compares with soy and egg white amino acid profiles:
Information from this page has been taken from the FINOLA Hemp seed website. For more information on hempseed nutrition please visit their website at: https://finola.fi/