Canola Meal Specifications, Quality and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-13Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$9.2K

Producing countries tracked

11

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

6

Trade corridors

6

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are Canadian Grain Commission 2024 quality observations calculated for oil-free meal from Canola, No. 1 Canada seed samples and export shipments. They are reported on a 12 percent moisture basis and are not guaranteed analyses for commercial meal lots, global production totals, current availability, physical offers or delivered prices.

Oil-free meal protein from 2024 harvest samples

41.1

percent on 12 percent moisture basis · 2024 Harvest Sample Program

Oil-free meal protein from December 2024 commercially clean exports

41.3

percent on 12 percent moisture basis · December 2024 export samples

Oil-free meal protein from 2023/24 commercially clean exports

40.7

percent on 12 percent moisture basis · 2023/24 shipping season

Canola-seed erucic-acid identity ceiling

2

percent of the seed oil component, less than · current Canadian feed-ingredient definition for canola seed

Canola-seed glucosinolate identity ceiling

30

micromoles per gram of air-dry oil-free solid, less than · current Canadian feed-ingredient definition for canola seed

Seed, meal, protein concentrate and oil are separate products

Canada's feed-ingredient table defines canola meal as meal obtained after removal of most oil from whole seeds of Brassica napus, Brassica rapa or Brassica juncea by prepress solvent extraction, direct solvent extraction or mechanical extraction. The named extraction method must match the process used. Canola seed, extracted or mechanically pressed meal, meal protein concentrate and oil therefore remain separate Atlas identities rather than interchangeable canola records.

Extraction method and guaranteed analysis travel with the lot

The Canadian ingredient entry requires guarantees for minimum crude protein and crude fat, maximum crude fibre and moisture, maximum erucic acid and maximum glucosinolates per gram. If vegetable-oil refinery lipids are included, their maximum percentage must be declared. A trade record should also retain heat treatment, residual oil, ash where contracted, sample and test methods, moisture basis, contamination and feed-safety evidence, packaging or bulk handling, and chain of custody.

Quality observations need their sample and moisture basis

The Canadian Grain Commission's 2024 program reported calculated protein in oil-free meal at 41.1 percent for harvest samples, 41.3 percent for December 2024 commercially clean export samples and 40.7 percent for commercially clean exports in the 2023/24 shipping season, each on a 12 percent moisture basis. These observations describe the referenced seed samples after calculation; they are not contractual guarantees for an untested commercial meal lot.

A quality observation is not a delivered canola-meal price

A current physical comparison still needs extraction form, product and intended-use specification, guaranteed analysis and laboratory certificate, origin and processor, quantity, packaging or bulk basis, currency, Incoterm, destination, freight, delivery window and current permitted market observations. Atlas does not transform a seed-quality survey, definition threshold or oil benchmark into a live meal price.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are canola seed, canola meal and canola oil interchangeable?

No. Seed is the agricultural input, meal is the feed co-product after most oil is removed, and oil is the recovered lipid fraction. Product identity, analytical basis, uses, units and prices are separate.

Which analyses must a Canadian canola-meal label guarantee?

The reviewed Canadian feed-ingredient entry requires minimum crude protein and fat, maximum crude fibre and moisture, maximum erucic acid and maximum glucosinolates per gram. The named extraction method must also match the process used.

Does the 41.1 percent figure guarantee a commercial meal lot?

No. It is the Canadian Grain Commission's calculated protein content of oil-free meal from 2024 harvest samples on a 12 percent moisture basis. A commercial lot still needs its own declared analysis, sample, method and certificate.

Which fields make physical canola-meal offers comparable?

Species and product identity, extraction method, processing and heat history, minimum protein and fat, maximum fibre and moisture, erucic-acid and glucosinolate guarantees, sample and analytical basis, origin and processor, lot, quantity, package or bulk basis, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.