Re: Nut Oils - Thanks Tamara

May 1, 2001

Good points. It all goes back to labeling and having a clean environment to

work. Using different utensils for each oils.

Thanks alot for your response

belle

>

> Apricot kernel oil is from the nut of the apricot. It's also a nut oil-

> cousins with almond. Nature identical almond extract, eo or fo is also a

> nut product, so will anything blended with them in an FO blend. Warn

> people there may be traces of nuts in your products, if you make it from

> home and have anything there (or had anything there) with nut

oils/products

> containing them. We can't guarantee a nut-free product unless it's made

> outside in brand new containers, pots, utensils, molds, cutters, rulers

etc

> using raw ingredients you never stuck a utensil into that was used for any

> other batch. Cross-contamination is inevitable unless the " nut free "

batch

> is made in a separate building, with dedicated utensils and pots and

> blenders that won't be used for any other batch. This is pretty much

> beyond the average home-based soapmaker to do, unless they already live in

> a nut free environment which is everything from peanut butter to

maraschino

> cherries or coconut oil.

>

> hth

>

> Tamara Zyganiuk

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>

May 4, 2001

From the sound of it, there must be a lot of folks who cant use soap with nut

products. Almond and macadamia are two of my favorite oils. Gotta be sure

to put that on label if so many people are sensitive to it! Jewel (I do

anyway)

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