Everything which you should know
about pumpkin seed oil
History, origin & storage
The pumpkin comes original from Middle America and was not edible.
We can count 90 species and around 800 sorts and the best pumpkin for the oil is the Styrian Oil Pumpkin ("Cucurpita pepo var. Styriaca"). [1]
The black gold, like we call it in Austria, can only be produced by the oil pumpkin.
The special sort has a thin skin, much fruit pulp and big, fat, green seeds.
For one litre pumpkin seed oil you need around 2,5 kg seeds. To get that amount of seeds you will need around 25 to 35 pumpkins.
The seeds will be stored and cold pressed if we require the oil. Every two weeks we produce new pumpkin seed oil to be sure that the oil is fresh.
The pumpkin seed oil has a intensive nutty, green, herbaceous, toasty and smooth spicy smell. [2]
Our pumpkin seed oil gets produced
- without industrial refining
- without other oils or preservatives
- without chemical additives
The factor for success of our pumpkin seed oil is our own high quality standard. We keep almost all processes in our hand to ensure high standard. The value chain is controlled by us to get the reliability of the whole process for pumpkin seed oil. From seeding, harvesting, cleaning, drying, and storing is in our hand. We press our seeds in the factory of our certified partner mill in Grabersdorf / Gnas.
If you store your pumpkin seed oil correct the oil will be edible of min. nine months.
- Protect the oil from the sun and store it in the dark
- The opened bottle should be stored at around 20° C
The finalization with pumpkin seed oil should be right before eating.
You shouldn't heat up the oil in a pan, because the healthy ingredients can get destroyed.
Production: From seeding to the final pumpkin seed oil
Stay healthy with pumpkin seed oil
The pumpkin seeds have following vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D and E as well as many minerals and trace minerals. [1]
The seeds or the oil out of the seeds are used for ages again prostatopathy and bladder troubles and strengthens the immune system. The phytochemical Phytosterine which is also in wheatgerms, sunflower seeds, sesame or in soybean has a direct impact on cholesterol metabolism. [1][2]
A study from the Technical University of Graz shows that pure pumpkin seed oil, like we sell, has the most antioxidants of all edible oils. [3][4]
Active ingredient in pumpkin seed oil: [1][2][3][7]
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up to 65% high-grade light digestible fat
- 9% saturated fatty acid
- 34% single unsaturated fatty acid
- 55% double unsaturated fatty acid
- 2% triple unsaturated fatty acid
- 35% high-grade light digestible protein
- Vitamin A, B1, B2, C, E, K, niacin, niacin equivalent, pantothenic acid, pyroxene, biotin
- Important minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphor and potassium
- Important trace minerals like iron, copper, manganese, selenium and zinc
Healthy aspects: [3][6][7]
- Almost 80% are unsaturated fatty acids which take down the cholesterol level and helps against arteriosclerosis. This prevents of infarcts and brain attacks.
- Helps again bladder complaint
- Strengthens the prostate
- the antioxidants strengthens the immune system and helps again aggressive oxygen molecules and protects the cells and cell walls
- Less risk for heart- and circulation problems
- Helps by irritable bladder problems
- Protects from high blood lipid value
- Helps again dry skin
