Nutrition Facts: Cold-Pressed Organic Hemp Seed Oil

October 21, 2026

Our hemp seed oil is cold-pressed from organic hemp seeds grown in Europe. It is smooth and nutty, with a deep green colour. This page sets out what is in the bottle, what each figure on the label means in everyday terms, and how to keep the oil at its best.

Nutrition per 100g

Energy: 3700kJ / 900kcal
Fat: 100g (saturates 10g, monounsaturates 12g, polyunsaturates 78g, trans fats 0g)
Carbohydrate, sugar, protein and salt: 0g

Where the oil comes from

Hemp seeds are rich in oil. Research papers put it at roughly a quarter to a third of the seed's weight, and one study of 20 hemp varieties measured between 28.5% and 36%. Cold-pressing squeezes that oil out mechanically, with no chemical solvent. What is left behind is a pressed cake, which can be milled into a protein-rich flour or powder.

Reading the figures

Energy. UK labels give energy in kilojoules (kJ) and kilocalories (kcal), the latter being what most of us call calories. Fat is counted at 37kJ or 9kcal per gram, so 100g of pure fat comes to 3,700kJ or 900kcal. For an oil, the energy figure is simply the fat figure multiplied.

Fat. The three kinds are defined by chemistry. Saturates are fatty acids with no double bonds in their carbon chain, monounsaturates have one, and polyunsaturates have two or more. In this oil, 78g of every 100g is polyunsaturated, 12g is monounsaturated and 10g is saturated. Trans fats are 0g.

Which polyunsaturates? The label does not split them further, but a 2016 study of hemp seed varieties found that, on average, about 55.7% of the oil's fatty acids were linoleic acid (an omega-6 fat) and about 17.4% were alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fat), with small amounts of gamma-linolenic acid and stearidonic acid. That is roughly three parts omega-6 to one part omega-3. The NHS explains that the body cannot make some omega-3 and omega-6 fats, so they have to come from food.

The zeros. An oil is the fat pressed out of a seed, so the carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt stay behind in the cake. That is why those lines read 0g.

Putting it on the plate

Per 100g is a yardstick for comparing products; nobody pours 100g of oil. A 10g drizzle gives 370kJ / 90kcal, 1g of saturates and 7.8g of polyunsaturates. Against the adult reference intakes printed on UK labels (2,000kcal of energy, 70g of fat and 20g of saturates a day), that drizzle is about 4.5% of the energy, 14% of the fat and 5% of the saturates.

For colour-coded front-of-pack labels, the NHS treats more than 17.5g of fat or more than 5g of saturates per 100g as "high". Any oil is concentrated fat, so it sits above those lines; portion size is the sensible guide.

Nutrition and health claims

To be described as high in unsaturated fat, at least 70% of a food's fatty acids must be unsaturated and unsaturated fat must provide more than 20% of its energy. Around 90% of the fat in our oil is unsaturated, so the oil is high in unsaturated fat. The authorised wording (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, as retained in Great Britain) is: "Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in the diet contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels (MUFA and PUFA are unsaturated fats)."

Light, warmth and air

Polyunsaturated oils are the most delicate to store. A 2024 study kept hemp seed oil at 25°C in diffused light and at 10°C in the dark. Oxidation, the process that eventually gives oil an off flavour, ran faster in the warm, lit conditions, and chlorophyll in the oil added to the effect of light. Amber glass with foil protected best, and plastic vials let in the most oxygen and fared worst. The practical lessons are simple: store cool and dark, put the cap back on after use, and use the oil cold rather than for frying.

How to use it

Drizzle over salads, cooked or raw vegetables, pasta, rice dishes and baked potatoes.
Spoon over porridge.
Whisk into dressings with balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and ginger.
Use cold, not for frying. Store cool and dark.

Think of it as a finishing oil, in the way you would use a good extra virgin olive oil: add it once the food is cooked and off the heat. A simple dressing is three tablespoons of hemp oil, one tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, a teaspoon of maple syrup, a little grated ginger and a pinch of salt, shaken together in a jar.

Vegan. Free from gluten, dairy and soy.