Linseed oil

Also called flaxseed oil and linseed

Linseed oil is pressed from flaxseed. Cooks use it with potatoes and quark.

Category: Fats & oils
Made from: Flaxseed
Part used: Seed
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: Poland
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 878 kcal per 100 g

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In the kitchen

How to use linseed oil

Cooking with it

It is generally not recommended for cooking.

Goes well with

Shopping

Choosing and storing linseed oil

Sold as: Oil

Nutrition

What 100 g of linseed oil holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 99%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of linseed oil
Energy	878 kcal · 3,675 kJ
Protein	0.37 g
Fat	99 g
of which saturated	9 g
Carbohydrate	0.39 g
Sodium	6 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of linseed oil: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	31 mg
Calcium	9 mg
Iron	0.34 mg
Magnesium	15 mg
Zinc	0.31 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171442), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Family

Related forms

Made from: flaxseed (pressed)

Around the world

What linseed oil is called

Names in 55 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
aceite de linaza
French
huile de lin
Italian
olio di lino
Portuguese
óleo de linhaça
German
Leinöl · Leinsamenöl · Rohleinöl · Leinsaat
Dutch
lijnzaadolie · Lijnolie · Olievlas
Greek
Λινέλαιο
Turkish
Keten yağı · keten tohumu yağı
Russian
льняное масло · льяное масло
Polish
olej lniany
Arabic
زيت بذر الكتان · الزيت الحار · زيت بذور الكتان
Persian
روغن بزرک · بزرک · روغن بذر کتان

Show all 55 languages

Bangla
তিসির তেল
Belarusian
ільняны алей
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
ільняны алей
Brazilian Portuguese
Óleo de linhaça
Bulgarian
Ленено масло
Cantonese
亞麻籽油
Catalan
oli de llinosa · Oli de llavors de lli · Llinosa · Oli de lli
Chinese
亞麻子油 · 亞麻籽油 · 亚麻仁油 · 亚麻籽油
Czech
lněný olej · fermež · olej lněný · lněná fermež
Danish
linolie · hørfrøolie
Esperanto
linoleo
Estonian
Linaõli · Linaseemneõli
Finnish
pellavaöljy · liinaöljy · pellavasiemenöljy · pellavansiemenöljy
Galician
aceite de liñaza
Georgian
სელის ზეთი
Hebrew
שמן פשתן
Hindi
अलसी का तेल
Hungarian
lenmagolaj
Icelandic
Línolía
Indonesian
Minyak biji rami
Irish
ola rois
Japanese
亜麻仁油 · アマニオイル
Kannada
ಅಗಸೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ · ಅಗಸೆಣ್ಣೆ
Korean
아마인유 · 아마기름 · 아마유
Lao
ນ້ຳມັນແກ່ນປໍ
Lithuanian
Sėmenų aliejus
Macedonian
ленено масло
Malay
Minyak biji rami
Neapolitan
Uoglio 'e lino
Norwegian Bokmål
linolje · linfrøolje
Norwegian Nynorsk
linolje · linfrøolje
Occitan
Òli de lin
Romanian
Ulei de in
Serbian
ланено уље
Simplified Chinese
亚麻仁油 · 亚麻籽油
Simplified Chinese (China)
亚麻籽油
Slovak
ľanový olej
Slovenian
laneno olje
Swahili
mafuta ya kitani
Swedish
linolja · standolja · linfröolja · kokt linolja
Swiss High German
Leinöl
Tatar
Җитен мае
Telugu
అవిసె నూనె
Thai
น้ำมันลินสีด · น้ำมันเมล็ดฝ้าย · น้ำมันเมล็ดแฟลกซ์ · น้ำมันแฟลกซ์
Traditional Chinese
亞麻仁油
Ukrainian
Лляна олія
Uzbek
Zigʻir moyi
Vietnamese
dầu lanh
Western Frisian
Lynoalje

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q818405

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