The researchers into fats at Nofima and the Norwegian University
of Life Sciences consider this a sad state of affairs. They are
questioning why so little has been done to investigate the
potential for cultivating oil-bearing crops in Norway. The only
success story to have come from agriculture is the rapeseed oil
Odelia, which has done well on the market. Rich in Omega 3 For a
long time, the researchers have been wanting to focus on plants
that could be suitable for oil production in Norway and that
have good health properties. The oil-bearing plant Camelina
sativa (also known as linseed dodder) originated as a wild
plant, but has in fact been cultivated in Scandinavia in former
times. It has a particularly high content of the Omega 3 fatty
acid alpha-linolen, as much as 40% in fact, or about four times
as much as rapeseed oil. Camelina also contains other fat
soluble components that can be beneficial to health, such as
plant sterols and antioxidants. The plant sterols content can
have a very beneficial effe