Nuts
Refined
Refined pistachio oil is processed to reduce colour, free fatty acids, and strong aroma, yielding a milder fat for formulas that need oil without loud pistachio perfume. It tolerates slightly warmer cooking than delicate cold-pressed styles. Flavour is quiet— sometimes almost silent—so taste before dressing a salad if you expected green-nut drama. Refining helps shelf life for manufacturers more than it helps tasting rooms. Use when neutral behaviour matters: commercial baking fats, light sauté bases, or blended oils. Keep sealed and cool; refinement is not immortality. Labels should distinguish refined from virgin or cold-pressed when flavour is the point. This is pure fat, not a protein food. Discard any bottle that smells oxidised.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 53.3 g
- Saturated Fat 6.76 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 27.3 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.2 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.99 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 17 g
- Dietary Fibre 7.54 g
- Total Sugars 3.99 g
- Complex / starch 5.25 g
- Protein 18.4 g
- Water 4.04 g
- Energy 565 kcal
- Water 4.04 g
- Carbohydrates 17 g
- Protein 18.4 g
- Fat 53.3 g
- Saturated Fat 6.76 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 27.3 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 14.2 g
- Omega-3 1.42 g
- Vitamins 88.9 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.22 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 2.19 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.54 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 16 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 42.3 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.19 mg
- Vitamin K 5.1 µg
- Minerals 340 mg
- Major Minerals 339 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.22 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.17 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 2.19 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.54 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 16 · vitamin-b9-folate: 42.3 · vitamin-e: 5.19 · vitamin-k: 5.1 ·
Minerals
Refined of Pistachio: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Experimental pressing of pistachio oil appeared as confectioners sought concentrated flavour fats.
Specialty culinary pistachio oil found niche gourmet retail while kernels still dominated trade.