Established in 1998, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Harvest™ owns and operates a 6000 Sq Ft. state of the art, kosher certified, USDA organic certified facility. They are proud to be the largest vertically integrated hemp food manufacturer, offering the freshest and highest quality staple hemp food products in the world. All Manitoba Harvest™ hemp seeds are grown sustainably without the use of herbicides or pesticides. No chemicals are sprayed on the crop. They also grow USDA certified organic hemp seed for their certified organic products.
Manitoba Harvest™ hemp foods & oils have many beneficial properties and biomolecules that promote health and wellness. Hemp Seed Oil has one of the highest concentrations of polyunsaturated fats and an ideal balance of the omega-6 and omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids. Hemp contains phytosterols (B-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campestrol) in high concentration (one of the highest) which are known to reduce cholesterol. In fact, the US, FDA allows the claim that plant sterol and stanol esters reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. Hemp contains chlorophyll which is anti-carcinogenic. The phytosterols have been shown to be anticarcinogenic as well (Phytosterols as Anticancer Dietary Components, Awad and Fink, Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences, 2000, pp 2127-2129). Hemp is a source of complete protein offering 17 different amino acids including all of the essential ones. This protein is relatively high in cysteine and methionine which are two sulfur bearing amino acids that are usually lacking in vegetable proteins.
