In May our buyer Ger Vlaming travelled to South Africa to visit our supplier of organic rosehip seeds.
Our rosehip seeds grow in the beautiful highlands of Lesotho. The rosehip bushes grow abundantly
in the wild throughout the beautiful mountains of Maloti in Lesotho.

Hemp seeds have a rich profile of nutrients, useful bioactive compounds and fatty acids.  Organic Hempseed Oil is a rich source of polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which are essential for human health.

In 2003 De Wit Speciality Oils aquired the extraction facility New Holland Extraction (NHE). NHE is a UK based specialist in the extraction of niche market oils from seeds including rosehip, evening primrose, borage and blackcurrant, various types of biomass and other products including wheat germ. 

One of our highlights of 2021 was our TV appearance on Dutch Television RTLZ where we were able to introduce our new – ground-breaking – project focussing on bio-based extraction.

2021 is the year of the sustainable-minded consumer. As a result, brands are being held more accountable than ever to source their ingredients sustainably and traceably. Because of this, plant-based omegas are becoming very popular and people are turning to Ahiflower® Oil. Ahiflower Oil is a plant-based omega-3 source. This sustainably grown omega-3 source improves people’s wellness in various ways through its unique fatty acid profile.

At De Wit Speciality Oils we are constantly looking at ways to innovate in order to supply high-quality vegetable oils that are rich in omega-3 and omega-6. As a leading company in the field of speciality oils, we now also focus on ingredients for plant based foods. We focus on this in order to achieve the best possible fatty acid composition for the oil-blend used for the production of plant based Meat-alternatives and Seafood-alternatives.

Press Release - De Wit Speciality Oils is happy to announce that is has been awarded a European Union grant for the development of the innovative bio-based solvent EcoXtract® as the extract of choice for the global plant oil and protein sector.

What is Rosehip Seed Oil?

Rosehip oil is a seed oil extracted from the ‘hip’ of the rose plant. Rosehip seed oil is mostly used for nutraceutical and cosmeceutical purposes because of its high percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
The majority of our rosehips grow wild and are handpicked in the beautiful highlands of Lesotho, South Africa.