GLOBAL DEMAND
Finnish oats for demanding food applications
Finnish oats are valued for their grain quality and milling performance. Their large kernels and low husk content make them well suited to food production and a wide range of oat-based applications. Finnish food-grade oats are exported to European markets for use in high-quality oat products.
Northern light
Oats flourish during Finland’s long summer days
Finland’s northern location brings short summers with exceptionally long days. The extended daylight and cool growing conditions create a distinctive environment for oat cultivation. These northern conditions support the development of high-quality oats with grain properties valued in food production.
COLD WINTERS
Cold winters shape the growing environment
Finland’s cold winters and seasonal frost are part of its distinctive northern growing conditions. Freezing temperatures help limit the survival of certain plant pests and pathogens between growing seasons. This contributes to the conditions in which Finnish oats are cultivated.
NATURAL RAINFALL
Finnish oats grow with natural rainfall
Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes and has more than 188,000 lakes. In Finnish growing conditions, oats are primarily rain-fed and generally cultivated without irrigation. Seasonal rainfall provides the water needed as the oats develop during the summer.
TRACEABLE SUPPLY CHAIN
Finest oats from Finnish farmers
RAISIO’S OAT MILL
Purity through every step
At Raisio, we carefully control every stage of our oat production. Incoming Finnish oats are classified and undergo several stages of separation, purification and analysis. Only oats that meet our strict quality criteria are processed into gluten-free ingredients at our highly automated mill. Each finished batch is analysed and released only after it meets our gluten-free and quality requirements.
