New Zealand Hemp Hearts & Hemp Seed Oil

Hemp Connect hemp hearts and hemp seed oil are grown, spray-free, and manufactured in New Zealand.

Hemp Hearts are natures best superfood, making them the perfect addition to any meal, as versatile as your imagination, bursting with nutrients and an awesome nutty flavour. Try them in your smoothies, salads, or soups to enhance your favourite meals.

Hemp oil is the scientifically proven optimal ratio of essential fatty acids, omega 3, 6. Cold pressed, filtered and flushed, to ensure the oils are as fresh as the day they were made. Nutty flavour, bursting with beneficial nutrients, use as an additive to meals for a supplement hit.

How do I use them?

The light nutty flavour of hemp seed oil and hemp hearts makes them the perfect addition to a range of dishes, savoury and sweet. Use it in salads, pastas, stews, soups, dressings and even in smoothies and sweet treats. It is such a simple way to nutritionally fortify your meal with no fuss!

Uses are limited only by your imagination. But no need to do all the hard work yourself, check out our recipes to discover a whole new world of culinary possibilities!

So, how do we make hemp seed oil and hemp hearts?

Nestled amongst the rolling hills of the Whanganui-Manawatu a collective of kiwi farmers cultivate hemp.

Oil: After the annual harvest, whole hemp seed is cold pressed at a slow rate and a low temperature to preserve its wonderful properties and ensure the highest quality product. After pressing, the oil undergoes filtration to ensure a smooth consistent oil, free of any sedimentation.

Hearts: Our highest-grade hemp seed enters a de-hulling process, to crack and remove the outer shell. There are many ways to retrieve the hemp hearts, but at Hemp Connect we love impact hulling. This is done by gently throwing the seed against a hard surface to crack it. What remains is the treasure; hemp hearts. Nothing more, nothing less making a beautiful unrefined raw product.

Fun fact: Hemp seeds are technically a nut, think of a pistachio or a peanut. This gives some insight as to why we remove the outer shell. Once this outer shell is removed, we have hemp hearts. Similar to a sesame seed Hemp Connect hemp hearts are small, white, and look great as a garnish as well as in any meal.

And the small print?

Storage: Hemp Products are best kept in a cool dark place or even better in the fridge.

Ingredients: 100% New Zealand Grown & Processed Hemp Hearts

Allergens:  No allergens, may contain some gluten

Shelf Life:  Hemp products can keep for up to 12 months, but we recommend you consume them within 3 months of opening