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1. From Beautiful Yellow Fields

Bright yellow crops of rapeseed are a familiar sight in our countryside, so unlike Italian or Spanish Olive Oil, Rapeseed Oil has fewer food miles.

2. It's Non GM

Hillfarm Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil is produced from a non-GM crop.

3. Yellow the Colour of Sunshine

Although the crop we are used to seeing is bright yellow, it is not harvested until the pods are brown. The rapeseed is a very black, small seed a bit like a poppy seed but the lovely oily part in the middle is yellow, hence the beautiful yellow of the oil.

It takes around 165,000 seeds to make 500ml of Hillfarm Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil!

4. It's Cold Pressed

The process of cold pressing rapeseed is simply squeezing the seed in a press. The oil is released without the use of solvents, anti-frothing agents or heat treatment (the temperature does not exceed 35ºC, and even this is only caused by friction created whilst pressing). By avoiding these techniques both the nutritional value and taste are maintained.

5. It's Really Pure

The term ‘extra virgin’ refers to the purity of the oil and can only be used on products that contain less than 0.8% free fatty acids. Hillfarm Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil contains just 0.2% because it uses the best quality seed and the purest extraction process.

6. Low in Bad Fats

Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil contains just 6% saturated fat, compared to 14% in olive oil and 10% in sunflower oil, making it the lowest available on the market.

7. Full of Goodness

Nutritionists recommend a ratio of 2:1 Omega 6 to Omega 3 (also found in oily fish, nuts and seeds and leafy green vegetables) in a healthy diet. Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil has this balance (59% mono-unsaturated fat and 30% poly-unsaturated fat).

8. Extra Benefits

It also contains Vitamin E, which is an antioxidant and preserves the Omega 3 in cooking, helping to maintain its nutritional value.

9. Kept in the Dark

The dark bottle used for Hillfarm Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil acts as a kind of sunblock, which helps to maintain the nutritional value of the oil.

10. High Smoke Point

Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil has a higher burning point than olive oil or sunflower oil, which makes it ideal for cooking.