Pure Avocado Oil ( Persea American ) Code 101200

Buy Avocado Oil About Plant The avocado, Persia American, is a member of the genus Lauraceae, a pan tropical family. The tree can grow up to the height of 66 ft with regularly arranged leaves which are 4.7–9.8 inch long. The flowers are concealed, greenish-yellow in color ranging from 0.2–0.4 inch in width. The oblate shaped fruit is 2.8–7.9 inch long, weighing between 3.5 to 35.3 oz, and has a bulky central seed, which is 2.0–2.5 inch long. It is green, purple and black in color Avocado oil The oil is of incense and attractive green to potential yellow hue. It has an odor like a grassy and mushroom with hint of smokiness. It also has a smoking point up to 250 degree Celsius. Extraction The avocado oil is extracted by three different ways: a) Solvent extraction:- This method uses a dried avocado, so that all the oil is extracted from the fruit. It also helps to extract various fractions that can be used in pharmaceutical industry. b) Hydraulic cold pressing:- Dried flakes are used to extract the oil. c) Centrifugation:- It extract almost half of the oil from the fruit but it is widely used because the oil is free from solvent residues and its flavors doesn’t gets bad at high temperatures. Chemical composition Palmitic: 14.25 % Palmitoleic: 5.84 % Stearic: 0.1 % Oleic: 65.4 % Linoleic: 14.74 % Linolenic: 0.8 % Uses Culinary:- It has a smoking point above 500° F. Thereby becoming the perfect substitute for the butter or margarine. It is also used as salad dressing. Health benefits:- It consist of two pigments carotenoids and anthocyanins and which are beneficial for reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, cataract, diabetes, and benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostate and other cancers and age-related macular deterioration. Skin care:- It can be used as a deep conditioning treatment of the hair because it contains a compound called the biotin which strengthens hair.