It has a natural, very subtle nutty flavor.” “It’s a way to make those types of foods healthier,” she said. She mixes it into her breakfast cereal and has used it to bake cookies and muffins. There’s also evidence flax seed may help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, according to the WebMD website.Ĭonnie Udby of Bismarck eats ground flax seed daily. “Flaxmilk is so different that people don’t know about it,” she said, adding that she encourages people to ask for it wherever they shop so stores can order it if they don’t carry it.įlax USA was looking for new ideas, and Stober said the company felt there was a need for flaxmilk, which is free of lactose, gluten and soy.įlax seed is the best plant sources of Omega-3, Stober said. The product is now sold nationally in Kroger stores, a grocery retailer with fiscal 2012 sales of $96.8 billion, according to the company’s website.

Two years ago, the company started selling flaxmilk. In addition to whole or cold-milled golden flax seed, organic golden flax seed, flax hull lignans and flax oil, Flax USA also makes cold-milled flax for cats, dogs and horses. Their children are also involved in the family-run business, which started in 2001 on a farm near Goodrich that has been in the family since 1901. Stober, who is president of Flax USA, owns the company with her husband, John.

“To accomplish what we have - not only nationwide, but oversees - it’s pretty amazing,” said Stober, who won an Enterprising Women of the Year award from Enterprising Women magazine this year. Now, Flax USA products are sold at Sam’s Club, Costco, SuperValu, Kroger, TJ Maxx and Marshall’s stores nationwide. If the phone rang once a week for an order, Stober thought she was doing well. GOODRICH - When she started selling flax seed in 1999, Stephanie Stober did it through craft shows and home-and-garden events.

Stober farms organic golden flax seed