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Black seed oil

Nigella sativa seed oil

Black seed oil is pressed from Nigella sativa seeds and has a distinctive taste and a long place in traditional wellbeing.

Tiny black nigella seeds beside a glass dish of dark amber oil.
Nigella sativa seeds and black seed oil. Food use and cosmetic use follow different directions.

How it is prepared

Our single-oil listing describes cold-pressed black seed oil. It also appears in the gold face cream.

In our range

Food and cosmetic uses require their own directions. A traditional saying about the plant is not a literal promise of a cure.

Further reading

Black seed oil

For complete ingredients, allergens, suitability and directions, read the current product label. A guide to one ingredient does not describe every possible effect of the finished preparation.

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