Process for producing extracted lipid comprising docosahexaenoic acid

A process for producing extracted plant lipid comprising the steps of:

• i) obtaining Brassica napus seed or Camelina sativa seed from Brassica napus plants or Camelina sativa plants, respectively, wherein the plants are grown in a field as a population of at least 1,000 such plants, which seed comprise extractable lipid having a total fatty acid content comprising fatty acids in an esterified form, the fatty acids comprising oleic acid, palmitic acid, a total ω6 fatty acid content which comprises linoleic acid (LA) and γ-linolenic acid (GLA), and a total ω3 fatty acid content which comprises α-linolenic acid (ALA), stearidonic acid (SDA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA), wherein
• a) palmitic acid is present in the extractable lipid at a level of between 2% and 16% of the total fatty acid content,
• b) myristic acid is either absent or is present in the extractable lipid at a level of less than 1% of the total fatty acid content,
• c) oleic acid is present in the extractable lipid at a level of between 1% and 30% of the total fatty acid content,
• d) LA is present in the extractable lipid at a level of between 4% and 35% of the total fatty acid content,
• e) GLA is present in the extractable lipid at a level of less than 4% of the total fatty acid content,
• f) ALA is present in the extractable lipid at a level of between 4% and 40% of the total fatty acid content,
• g) the total saturated fatty acid content of the extractable lipid is between 4% and 25% of the total fatty acid content,
• h) the ratio of the total ω6 fatty acid content to the total ω3 fatty acid content in the total fatty acid content is between 0.1 and 1, and
• i) SDA, ETA, EPA and DPA are each present at a level in the total fatty acid content, each level being expressed as a percentage of the total fatty acid content, whereby the sum of the percentages for ETA, EPA and DPA divided by the sum of the percentages for SDA, ETA, EPA and DPA, expressed as a percentage, is at least 75%,
• wherein each percentage is a percentage by weight,
• and
• ii) extracting lipid from the seed to thereby produce the extracted plant lipid.