Culinary and Cosmetic Argan Oil Products from Morocco

Uses for Argan Oil:
Argan Oil is used as a seasoning to enhance the flavor of prepared meals. Cooking with it can harm delicate amino acids:

* Make Couscous
* Vegetarian and oriental dishes. Vegetables and vegetable salads
* Cooked seafood dishes
* Spaghetti, rice with veggies, and other pasta dishes.
* Dry vegetable dishes: lentils, French bean or chickpea.
* Scrambled eggs and other egg dishes
* Bread and crepes.
* Pastes: Almond paste (Amlou), Zahtar paste.

Argan Oil Acidic Qualities

Saturated fatty acids 16-20 %
Palmitic acid 11.6 %
Stearic acid 5.3 %
Monounsaturated fatty acids 45-50 %
Oleic acid 43.2 %
Polyunstaturated fatty acids 37-43 %
Linoleic acid 36.8 -38%
Alpha linolenic acid < 0.5 %

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