Potential of flaxseed and flaxseed oil in baked goods and other products in human nutrition

Abstract

Ground and whole flaxseed continues to be used in baked goods and other foods in Europe and Asia. Approximately 2,340,000 bu (60,000 metric tons) of flaxseed are used for food annually in Germany. Although cold-pressed flaxseed oil is not considered suitable for frying at high temperatures, flaxseed oil is used for low-temperature stir-frying in hundreds of villages in the flax-growing region of the People's Republic of China