Company: Pizzey Ingredients, Russell, Manitoba

Website: www.pizzeyingredients.com

Ingredient Snapshot: Pizzey Ingredients has received organic certification from Pro-Cert Organic Systems Ltd., so all of its flaxseed products, including its PurFlax products, are now available in certified organic offerings. As with its conventional flaxseed, the company’s organic products undergo targeted heat treatment to provide a consistent microbial reduction while protecting the flaxseed’s natural stability, nutrition and function. All of Pizzey Ingredients’ organic and conventional products are also gluten-free, non-GMO and pesticide-free. The company is certified organic under the Canadian Organic Regime, with equivalency certification that permits it to also offer its organic flaxseed products in the U.S. and European Union.