Latin name: Papaver somniferum
Poppy seed oil is a delicious salad oil, whose aroma will especially enrich poppy seeds, pastries and various desserts.
It is traditionally used in oriental cuisine, and is added to dishes at the end of cooking. It is used to prepare delicious mayonnaise. Due to its characteristic taste, it is an excellent choice for salads, especially fruit salads. Cold pressed poppy oil is very rich in alpha, gamma tocopherols and sterols. It contains from 45% to 50% of unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic and linoleic.
In many countries, which are traditionally large producers of poppies, cold-pressed poppy oil is used as a natural elixir for osteoporosis. It also helps in the development of bones and their protection. Very popular and represented oil in the diet of athletes, due to its ability to relax muscles, strengthen nerves, relieve pain, increase the power of concentration and strengthen the body’s defence mechanism.