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Faithful to the old adage that “to make good oils, you need good seeds”, everything possible is done at Emile Noël to ensure that our seeds and fruits are of the highest quality.

It is by travelling the world, always in search of new raw materials (cultivated organically), that the oil mill has been able to build an original and varied range with excellent flavours and nutritional qualities.

Our trade, even at the farthest corners of the globe, remains dominated by local alliances with people and their terroirs, and by short supply chains.

This strategy leads us to maintain and develop direct relationships, in France, Europe and other continents, with thousands of farmers, producers and suppliers.

Throughout our procurement process, Emile Noël is mindful of respect for the Earth and the people who cultivate it. From planting to bottling, we ensure that we remain committed to a responsible and sustainable development approach on every continent.

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“Because we will be seeking the best of each ingredient from all around the world.”

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OUR INGREDIENTS

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The different seeds

BORAGE

Borago officinalis, is a herbaceous plant with a wide western Mediterranean distribution. This plant has long been known for its medicinal qualities.

CAMELINA

Camelina sativa, also known as bastard flax or German sesame, is an annual plant of the cruciferous family (glabrata variety). The oil content of the seeds varies from 30 to 41%.

SAFFLOWER

Carthamus tinctorius, of the family of Asteraceous compounds (such as sunflower). Originally from the East, it is grown today in the United States, Argentina and Australia.

The plants are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, meaning no chemical fertilisers, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures, natural pest control and crop rotation.

This herbaceous plant, 10 to 60cm high, produces oilseed achenes (fruits) with a bitter taste. From these fruits, we extract the seeds to make oil.

HEMP

Hemp belongs to the large family of Cannabinaceae and the cannabis genus. There are several families of cannabis, and they differ from each other in the content of psychotropic substance in their seeds . The best known, but also the one we use, is Cannabis sativa.

It is an annual plant that grows almost wild all over the world. It germinates in spring, and flowers from late summer to the end of October.

It is cultivated mainly in Africa, Asia and South America. We use a variety of cannabis seeds which do not contain any psychotropic substances. The plant no longer has any value as a drug.

The plant appears as a small bush or shrub with dark green, fir-like leaves.

MILK THISTLE

Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, is a biennial member of the Asteraceae family. It grows in France, in the regions around the Mediterranean, in North Africa and the Middle East, in dry and sunny areas.

Its purple flowers are comparable to thistle or artichoke. Its green, shiny leaves, bordered by thorny teeth, are marbled with white marbling along the veins.

RAPESEED

The general term rapeseed refers to a group of oilseeds belonging to the botanical genus Brassica of the cruciferous family.

Rapeseed is widely grown in Europe, Canada and China. Low erucic acid varieties, known as 00, have been selected. These are the only ones allowed for human consumption and use. The plants are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, without chemical fertilisers, using only green manures and crop rotation.

FLAX

The oil is extracted from Linum usitatissimum. According to their properties, the varieties are classified into oilseed flax (seed flax) or fibre flax (fibre flax). The varieties differ in their seed or fibre yield, stem height, seed size, fibre quality etc. Oilseed flax is produced in a great many areas of the world. This plant is grown on all continents with Canada, Argentina, India, and the United States as its main producers.

The seeds used at Huilerie Emile Noël are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures and crop rotation.

BLUE POPPY

The blue poppy, Papaver somniferum, belongs to the Papaverae family. Its fruit is a capsule that contains many oil seeds with a 36 to 50% oil content.

Originally from Asia Minor, its cultivation has spread widely, particularly in Europe and northern France.

PUMPKIN SEEDS

The Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. Pumpkin seeds are used as they are in food or in the production of oil.

The seeds are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures and crop rotation.

SESAME

The oil is extracted from Sesamum indicum, a herbaceous plant of the Pediataceae family. The very ancient sesame culture extends from West Africa, from the Middle East to Central America.

The seeds used come exclusively from Mali (Africa) and are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures, crop rotation and natural pest control.

SOYA

The Soybean, Glycine max (L.), is an annual herbaceous plant of the legume family. Originally from China, the use of soya by humans probably dates back to around the 15th century BC. Today, soya is grown in the USA, Europe, and South America. There are many varieties that differ in particular in their habit, from climbing or creeping plants, closer to the original types, to dwarf forms that are more commonly grown.

The plant is entirely covered with fine grey or brown hairs. The erect stems are 30 to 130 cm long. The leaves are trifoliate and are reminiscent of the general shape of bean leaves. The leaves fall before the pods reach maturity. The flowers, white or purple, small in size, almost unnoticed, appear in the axils of the leaves, grouped in bunches of 3 to 5. The fruits are hairy pods, 3 to 8 cm long, straight or arched, and generally contain 2 to 4 seeds (rarely more). The spherical or elliptical seeds have a diameter of 5 to 11 mm.

SUNFLOWER

The Sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., belongs to the family of compounds (Asteraceae) and the genus Helianthus. Originally from North America, the sunflower is now grown in Russia, Argentina, France, Italy, India, China etc.

The seeds used at Huilerie Emile Noël come mainly from France. They are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures and crop rotation.

OLEIC SUNFLOWER

The oleic sunflower is a sunflower "hybrid", Helianthus annuus L., essentially rich in oléïsols(oleic acid). Selection has quickly resulted in seeds containing more than 50% oleic acid, rich in vitamin E and having a good balance with polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Today, hybrids of oleic sunflower (still sometimes called "oleïsols") are available for cultivation.

The different fruits

SWEET ALMOND

The almond tree, Prunus amygdalus, belongs to the Rosaceae family. Its fruit contains 1 or 2 almonds with an oil content of between 50 and 65%.

The almonds used at Huilerie Emile Noël are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures.

ARGAN

The argan tree, Argania spinosa, family Sapotaceae, is a thorny tree with edible fruit and oilseed kernel found mainly in the arid hills of Morocco and, more rarely, in regions of Andalusia and Mexico.

AVOCADO

Originally from Central America, the avocado belongs to the Lauraceae family. Its cultivation has spread to all tropical or subtropical regions (Kenya, for example). More than 200 varieties are known.

The avocado tree grows 5 to 15 m tall. This tree is very commonly cultivated. A number of species are marketed. Its trunk is covered with greyish and cracked bark, its top is wide and bushy. It leaves are evergreen, simple, oval and bright dark green. The seed is a large brown stone. Both the fruit and the leaves are used.

Avocado vegetable oil is extracted from the fruit of the avocado tree. The pulp (60 to 75% of the fruit) has a remarkably high oil content (5 to 30% depending on the variety), while avocado kernels contain little oil (< 2%).

CASHEW NUT

Cashew nuts are the fruit of the cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale, a tree native to northern Brazil, and its edible almond is the main product used from this plant. The seeds are grown according to organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides but, on the contrary, the use of green manures.

COCONUT

The coconut is the fruit of the coconut tree, Cocos nucifera, one of the representatives of the palm family or Arecaceae. The whole fruit grows up to 30 centimetres in diameter.

It has a smooth, light green exterior when the fruit is not ripe, turning brown when ripe. Underneath there is a thick, brown and tough layer of woody fibre that is characteristic of the fruit. The whitish inner layer of the fruit is edible. It is pressed and dried to obtain the oil.

MACADAMIA

Macadamia nuts (Macadamia Integrifolia) come from a tropical tree that grows in Australia and Hawaii as well as in Kenya. Only a tropical climate will support their production. The nuts are covered by a green envelope that splits to reveal the brown shell when it matures. The nuts are removed from their shells before being pressed.

HAZELNUT

The hazelnut tree, Corylus avellana, from the Betuline family, produces a fruit very rich in oil: 50 to 65%.

The hazelnut is an achene with a woody pericarp called a "shell" and containing a single large seed. This fruit, more or less ovoid in shape, is protected before it comes to full maturity by a tubular shell, the involucre of foliar appearance and divided into irregular lobes. Hazelnuts are generally grouped with their involucres in small clusters of two or three fruits called "trochets".

Shortly before the fruit matures, the shell dries out and opens at one end, exposing the pericarp to air where it hardens and colours, while the seed becomes concentrated in sugars, oil and minerals. Once dried, the involucre easily detaches from the hard shell, which will keep the almond for months.

This maturation takes place in autumn, and harvesting can take place between late August and September, when the trochets easily detach from the branches.

WALNUT

The walnut is a dry fruit produced by the walnut tree, a tree of the Juglandacae family originating from the ancient world. Botanically, the fruit of the walnut tree is a drupe, a fleshy stone fruit, whose fleshy part, the husk, cannot be consumed. The nut is actually the core of this drupe.

The nut is in the form of a shell, or case, which is the lignified endocarp. This shell, which measures 4 to 5 cm long by 3 to 4 cm wide, split into and has a more or less accentuated mucron at its top. The almond is composed of two kernels with convolutions.

OLIVE

The Olive tree is part of the Oleaceae family. The genius is Olea, and the most important species is Olea europaea. It will adapt to drought, and it grows in countries with a Mediterranean climate.

The olive trees are grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers, using green manures and natural pest control.

EVENING PRIMROSE

The evening primrose belongs to the order Myrtales and to the family of Onagraceae. The angular, 1 to 1.20 m plant, with its upright stance, does not grow above 700 m in altitude. It has large, sulphur-yellow flowers. Each stem bears many fruits.

The leaves are long and veined, and have fine hairs. The evening primrose usually grows in the sun or semi-shade and on fairly sandy soils. The flower only opens at the end of the day around 18:00, hence the name given by the English "Evening primrose". It closes again 24 hours after it opens week.

The stamens are curved. It flowers from June to September. After flowering the fruit, which measures about 2 to 3 cm., appears.

GRAPE SEEDS

The oil is extracted from the seeds of grapes, Vitis vinifera, whose fruits contain up to 5 seeds. To obtain 1 litre of oil you need 20 kg of grape seeds.

The grapes grown in accordance with organic farming methods, which means no use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides, but, on the contrary, the use of green manures, crop rotation and natural pest control.

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OUR INGREDIENTS

The different seeds

The different fruits

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