Flaxseed is necessarily grown to produce oil. But in European flaxseed is also grown for production of own flax.

Flax that is extracted its fat called flaxseed meal is used as ruminants’ feeds. In recent years, the use of high-fat flaxseeds in poultry feed has also been considered due to the presence of linolenic acid, which is the richest source of fatty acid. Recently, researches shown its saturated products including docosahexaenoic acid and eicosatetraenoic acid, have important role in human health, so it is more problematic for people that has cardiovascular disease.

The use of flaxseed in poultry feed cause production of linolenic acid. In poultry meat and egg. The use of 10% flax in the laying hens’ diets, increase linolenic acid in their eggs decuple. Therefore, eggs that are rich in linolenic acid can be good food for fish. Linolenic acid causes a specific smell like fish oil smell.