Patent ID: 7416752

Claim:
A method of fortifying seed with a polyunsaturated essential fatty acid, comprising: mixing a quantity of said polyunsaturated essential fatty acid with water to form a mixture, wherein said polyunsaturated essential fatty acid is in the form of a free fatty acid or an acylglycerol and is selected from the group consisting of alpha-linolenic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, stearidonic acid, linoleic acid, arachidonic acid, gamma-linolenic acid and dihomo gamma-linolenic acid; soaking said seed in said mixture for between 0.5 and 72 hours so that an amount of said polyunsaturated essential fatty acid is absorbed by said seed, said amount of said polyunsaturated essential fatty acid absorbed by said seed being between 10 mg and 1500 mg per 100 g of said seed.