Morocco: the potential of the prickly pear and its oil unveiled
Prickly Pear
Other Edible Vegetable Oil
Morocco
Published Sep 19, 2020
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After argan oil, it is around prickly pear oil to make Morocco famous. Indeed, research in the field of aesthetic medicine has revealed that the oils extracted from the seeds of prickly pear contain a very high percentage of vitamin E, an anti-aging, and other vitamins against oxidation.
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Thus, this oil is one of the most expensive oils in the world, with a price of one thousand dollars per liter. This revolution caused by prickly pear oil in the world of cosmetics has pushed international companies to turn to Morocco. Indeed, the Kingdom is one of the largest producers and exporters of this fruit in the Mediterranean and in North Africa. The area reserved for the cultivation of the prickly pear is 200,000 ha. And Morocco exports annually more than a million tons of this agricultural product. Zahra Boudebaiz, manager of the Aknari cooperative in the Sidi Ifni region, told Sky News Arab that the cooperative, which was founded in 2001 with the aim of producing argan oil and cosmetics, was able to 2007 extract the first liter of oil (requiring 1 ton of fruit) from prickly pear seeds. Local Moroccan associations sell crude prickly pear oil to importing companies at prices ranging from $ 250 to $ 350 per liter. And these companies market it internationally, sometimes up ...
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