BioNatures Flax, Ground Flax, Flax seed and Flaxseed Oil Products
We are committed to bringing you only the highest quality natural products available at the lowest possible price. Helping you preserve your health is our #1 concern! When you place an order with us, you can have the assurance you are thought of as an individual valued customer and not just a number. We will never lose sight of our number one priority, service.
We have learned that there is a big difference in the quality control standards between different raw material suppliers. We are committed to bringing you only the highest quality natural products available.
All of our BioNatures' products are manufactured in a pharmaceutical quality lab to insure the highest standards are being practiced. Each shipment comes with a certificate of analysis to assure you that what you order is what you get.
Our raw materials are purchased only from the finest, reputable suppliers in the industry. We will never cut corners on quality. Yes, we could make our products cheaper, but our business philosophy has always been to cut costs elsewhere in order to assure you the highest quality at the lowest price.
We were the First and Still the Best!
Flaxseed oil is now used by millions of Americans for its spectacular health benefits, thanks to
two young men who overcame many obstacles to bring it here.
Less than 20 years go, flaxseed was known as "linseed oil." The Federal Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) reasoned humans couldn't use it because a distant cousin of the same name was sold as a paint additive.
This is the true story of how that changed in the 1980s:
Mike Minarsich, founder in 1986 of BioNatures, read a story
about Dr. Johanna Budwig and her amazing work with fats, oils and proteins.
Eager to know more, Mike unsuccessfully searched for the product she described: raw, cold-pressed linseed (now flaxseed oil) at health food stores and mail-order companies. He contacted William Fischer, publisher of Dr. Budwig's story, and discovered the German-born publisher had used "edible linseed oil" since he was a child.
Furthermore, he was still getting it in tin cans from Germany, a very expensive process. Eventually, Mike found a Canadian company that produced "linseed" oil according to the standards of Dr. Budwig. And so BioNatures was born; it became the first company in America to import and sell linseed oil for human consumption. Demand soared, in large part because of Fischer's landmark book. But soon the FDA stopped BioNatures' shipments at the Canadian border, using the logic that linseed oil is a drying agent for paint and can't be sold as food. BioNatures argued that THIS linseed oil was cold-pressed in a pharmaceutical facility for human consumption and wasn't the same linseed oil sold in hardware stores. The FDA still said no. It appeared the little company was going under as quickly as it surfaced. But the boys at BioNatures came up with two ideas: Find someone in the U.S. to make the product, or change
the name from linseed oil to-you guessed it-flaxseed oil. After all, they reasoned, it was derived from the flax plant.
Confusion for the government and consumers was eliminated, and a partnership began between BioNatures and a young man in northern Washington State named Bruce Barlean and his father. Bruce and his family were salmon fishermen who had vision. Already familiar with the health benefits of omega 3 oils from fish, they saw the potential for the superior benefits of flax oil and byproducts.
Bruce pursued the new idea vigorously. With BioNatures help, Barlean's Organic Oils was born. It is now the country's largest manufacturer, thanks primarily to Bruce's and Mike's perseverance and
determination.
Bruce received the very exclusive privilege of meeting in Germany with Dr. Johanna Budwig. After several trips to Germany to visit with Dr. Budwig, Bruce Barlean learned exactly how the oil needed to be expressed in order to retain full potency. As a result, he developed the proprietary Barlean’s BioElectron Process™used today to produce the oil.
It is the only process endorsed by Dr. Budwig. The rest is history! Today if you put "flax oil" into an internet search engine, you will get around 400,000 results. It is considered a staple item for most people's daily regimen.
But the original is still the best! It is BioNatures' brand of flaxseed oil, made with the Barlean's BioElectron process.
Our Guarantee If you are not completely satisfied with our products for any reason, you can return the unused portion within 30 days of the date of receipt for a full refund, less a 15% restocking fee.
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BioNatures Corporate Headquarters:
15221 E Redbird Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
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Less than 20 years ago, flaxseed was known
as “linseed oil.” The federal Food and Drug
Administration reasoned humans couldn’t use
it because a distant cousin of the same name
was sold as a paint additive.
This is the true
story of how that changed in the 1980s:
Mike Minarsich, founder in 1986 of
BioNatures, read a story about Dr. Johanna
Budwig, world-renowned German biochemist,
and her amazing work with fats, oils
and proteins. Eager to know more, Mike
unsuccessfully searched for the product she
described – raw, cold-pressed linseed (now
flaxseed) oil – at health-food stores and mailorder
companies.
He contacted William Fischer, publisher of Dr.
Budwig’s story, and discovered the German-born
publisher had used “edible” linseed oil since he
was a child. Furthermore, he was still getting
it in tin cans from Germany, a very expensive
process. Eventually, Mike found a Canadian
company that produced “linseed” oil according
to the standards of Dr. Budwig.
And so BioNatures was born. Bionatures
became the first company in America to import
and sell linseed oil for human consumption.
Demand soared, in large part because of
Fischer’s landmark book.
But soon the FDA stopped BioNatures’
shipments at the Canadian border, claiming that
linseed oil is a drying agent for paint and can’t
be sold as food. BioNatures argued that THIS
linseed oil was cold-pressed in a pharmaceutical
facility for human consumption and wasn’t the
same linseed oil sold in hardware stores. The
FDA still said no.
So the boys at BioNatures came up with two
ideas: Find someone in the U.S. to make the
product, and change the name from linseed oil
to – you guessed it – flaxseed oil. After all, it
was derived from the flax plant.
Confusion for the government and
consumers was eliminated.
Long about this same time (1989) a young man named Bruce Barlean had just finished a stint as a press operator for another producer of organic oils in Canada. Bruce would toil for hours pressing flax seed, even spending nights on a cot by the presses, just to keep up with production. He read up on the health benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids and would come home to tell his parents all about Omega-3 oils. Bruce’s dad, Dave could tell how much his son loved his work. He then asked, "Do you think you could sell a barrel a week?" Bruce hesitantly nodded yes. That was enough for the resourceful Dave Barlean. "If people really need this stuff, we should provide it to them," said Dave. Dave and Barbara Barlean put their life savings into the project. It was a risk worth taking.
Barlean's freshness: built in from the beginning
Bruce began telling his dad of the problems involved in pressing flax seed and Dave made mental notes of it all. As an accomplished metal worker and inventor, Dave put his mind to making flax seed oil instead of hauling in nets of fish.
Bruce explained the way flax was being pressed was crude and certainly not ideal. Overpressing was a problem. It produced a higher yield but it damaged the seed oil, increased the temperature, induced deterioration and resulted in a sometimes rancid taste. A gentler and kinder process was developed that yielded natural fresh taste. Other producers could only generate the same taste by filtering their oils. The nutritional value of organic oils is diminished by spoilage, so the quality and freshness of the oil is of major importance. "If the oil isn't gently pressed from the seeds the product starts out with some spoilage," says Bruce Barlean.
Soon Bruce met Mike Minarsich and the rest is history.
Bruce and Mike’s perseverance and determination paid off.
After several trips to Germany to visit with
Dr. Budwig, Bruce Barlean developed the
proprietary Barlean’s Bio-Electron ProcessTM used
today to produce the oil. It is the only process
endorsed by Dr. Budwig.
Today if you type “flax oil” into an internet
search engine, you will get around 400,000
results. It is considered a staple item for most
people’s daily health regimen. But the original is still
the best. It is BioNatures’ brand of flaxseed oil, made with the Barlean’s Bio-Electron ProcessTM.
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