Almond Oil

Categories: Food | Cooking & Recipes
    • Used in cosmetics and lotions
    • Also called Oleum Amygdalae
    • Its enzymes can relieve itchy skin
    • Used in back massages and tension therapy
    • Taste: Nutty and smooth

  • Almond Oil is pressed from the kernel of sweet and bitter almonds. It has several culinary and therapeutic uses, based on its light body and unsaturated fat content. Its structure draws frequent comparisons to olive oil.

  • Extraction and Uses

    Almond oil can be procured from both bitter and sweet almond kernels. Though the bitter almond is not edible like the sweet, the resulting oil is nearly identical, and both can be used in cooking as substitutes for olive oil if necessary.

    The bitter almond contains a poisonous substance called Amygdalin, removed during the refining process of almond oil. The oil can be used to soften solid particles and reduce inflammation, thus its inclusion in my lotions and skin products. Certain studies suggest that almond oil may also reduce throat inflammation due to cough or other bronchial illness, though these claims have not been verified by the Food and Drug Administration.

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