Use of gourmet oils in confections and cosmetics

Nuts and seed are a source of oils and fats with a wide variety of characteristics ranging from highly saturated (solid at room temperature) coconut and palm oils to polyunsaturated (liquid at room temperature) canola and safflower oils. Further diversification may be had in a single 

Common name Botanical Oil (%) Fatty acid (%) Trace and unidentified Unsaturated/ saturated ratio 

For example, the label of a prescription drug to be administered in the vein reads, testosterone propionate injection with benzyl alcohol as a preservative 10%, in sesame oil . Cocoa butter is a constituent of pro-menthazine hydrochloride used either orally or by suppositories for perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis. It is manufactured by Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Progesterone injection, USP, in sesame oil is used for intramuscular use only (manufactured by Steris Laboratories, Phoenix, AZ). 

Finely ground peanut or pecan butter, or thoroughly comminuted almonds, when added to pancakes or waffles up to about 5%, improve the flavor and texture and increase the nutritional quality. Similar results are obtained when superfine nut particles are added to baked goods such as cookies, wafers, tea cakes and ginger snaps. 

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