Flaxseed and solin – Chapter 11
Official Grain Grading Guide

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Classes and varieties

Flaxseed and solin are classes of the same botanical family.

This section describes dockage and grading procedures for flaxseed and solin. Flaxseed has been used in the examples of grade names, and throughout the section. All procedures and grading factors, however, apply to solin as well.

▲ Important: Ensure you use the correct grain code. Codes are different for flaxseed and solin.

Flaxseed

Flaxseed applies to varieties with brown seed coats.  Golden flaxseed, has a yellow seed coat.

Solin

Solin refers to varieties with yellow seed coats and which meet solin standards for low linolenic acid content of less than 5%.

▲ Important: Golden flaxseed and solin may be visually indistinguishable. Their end uses, however, are very different and samples should be correctly identified. If you are not sure whether a sample is flaxseed or solin, send the sample to the Chief Grain Inspector.

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