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Our Demeter cereal grasses are special, innovative foods. Like vegetables and herbs, they are a source of wide-ranged useful nutrients and can contribute to a balanced, healthy nutrition. The Demeter cereal grasses – such as wheat grass, barley grass, spelt grass and oat grass – grow far-away from roads and factories in the South of the Black Forest and in the Hegau area in Germany, close to the Swiss border, on the shell-limestone, weathered soil of a remote plateau 640 meters above sea level.

All cereal grass products are free from additives. They are dried with utmost care at a constant temperature below 40° Celsius and are available in form of powder as well as pellets in different pack sizes.

Our DEMETER black cumin oil is produced in-house, always fresh from these seeds knows for their beneficial virtues. Small production batches and careful cold pressing with technically optimised production methods offer premium quality all over the year. Our edible oil from the Nigella Sativa plant is extra-virgin, unfiltered and untreated. Consumers looking for valuable ingredients are offered a product rich in essential fatty acids, but also with precious fat-accompanying substances such as ethereal oils. The violet glass provides is even better than brown glass in protecting food products. As an alternative, our black cumin oil is also available in practical and vegan potato-starch capsules.

The chickling vetch is an ancient crop. Chickling vetches are good protein sources and can be used like dried peas or beans. Their flour can also be added to the ingredients for the preparation of pancakes or bread, and they are equally suitable for preparing hummus, falafel and soups.

Our Demeter chickling vetches are obtained with a zero tillage intercropping technique and are grown on our partner farm in Austria.

Our DEMETER linseed oil is obtained according to a milling procedure constantly optimised over 15 years at our premises nearby the Swiss town of Uster, Aathal Valley, Zurich Canton – where it is cold-pressed in small batches and bottled with great care – this protects our linseed oil against the harmful effects of oxygen and light, and avoids contact with synthetic materials. Thanks to a special cooling technique, the outflow temperature does not exceed 32° Celsius. The gold coloured edible oil derived from the plant Linum Usitatissimum and developing a sweet scent during milling comes in extra-virgin, unfiltered and untreated quality. The violet glass provides an ideal shield against light and oxidation due to environmental impact. Our linseed oil boasts an average of 52-55% Omega-3 fatty acids – of purely vegetable origin. The 100 ml portions as well as the box with four small bottles are particularly handy: in case of oxidation of one portion due to special circumstances, the rest is still fresh and protected. For those using plenty of linseed oil, larger units are equally available.

In compliance with our framework agreement, our biodynamic linseeds are grown by our cooperation partner, the “peace-promoting” Sekem Project in Egypt.

As a measure against food waste, the press cake is further transformed into linseed flour.

Sweet lupines are a source of high-quality vegetable proteins and are particularly recommended to vegetarians, vegans and sport lovers. They offer a high protein content (41%) and plenty of fibres (32 g / 100 g). Sweet lupines contain all the eight essential amino acids and is free from both gluten and cholesterol. Lupine flour can be eaten raw, which allows a quick intake of high-quality proteins. But lupine flours is also a valuable ingredient in the creative whole-food cuisine, where it is employed for  the preparation of pancakes, cakes and pastries, soups, sauces, dressings, shakes, smoothies or as a binding agent.

Our fine and voluminous lupine flour is ground with an air stream mill. The lupines are grown by a Demeter project in Poland. They are certified gluten-free and undergo periodical controls.