Description
Latin Name: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Plant Used: Seed
Appearance: Golden yellow
Main Ingredient: Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid
Benefits & Uses:
It is used as a cooking oil , it can be serves as a salad dressing when combined with honey or olive oil. Drizzle the oil on pasta, rissotto, soups, stews, steamed vegetables, cooked meats, cold meats and vanilla ice cream.
The oil is rich in fatty acids, which are good for the joints.
The oil is rich in vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, D, E and K.
The oil is rich in minerals, including Magnesium and Calcium.
The use of pumpkin oil prevents the occurrence of benign prostatic hyperplasia. It also aids in the treatment of the same.
It has been scientifically proven that pumpkin seed oil regulates blood cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of heart ailments.
Description About Pumpkin Seed Oil
Pumpkin seed oil , a culinary specialty of south eastern Austria (Styria), eastern Slovenia (Styria and Prekmurje), north western Croatia (esp. Me?imurje), adjacent regions of Hungary, is a European Union Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product. It is made by pressing roasted, hulled pumpkin seeds (pepitas), from a local variety of pumpkin, the “Styrian oil pumpkin” (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca, also known as var. oleifera).
Pumpkin seed oil is highly embedded with fatty acids and antioxidants. The gamma tocopherol a form of vitamin E is the main property that makes pumpkin seed oil very effective antioxidants.
