Almond Oil

Almond Oil is usually used for baking and in desserts.

Almond Oil is made from crushed raw almonds, either sweet or bitter. Some manufacturers toast the almonds first. The bitter-almond oil is preferred, but the oil extraction process from bitter almonds must also including removing the prussic acid in their oil, which is poisonous. To remove the prussic acid, the oil from the bitter-almonds is mixed with hydrous ferrous sulfate, which reacts with the acid and causes it to form calcium ferrocyanide crystals, which can be filtered out of the oil, making it safe.

Most Almond Oil is used commercially, to make almond extracts, to scent soap, and in some drugs. You can buy Almond Oil as a consumer in specialty food shops, but it will be quite expensive.

French Almond Oil is considered the best and most flavourful; it is also even more expensive.

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