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小紅莓籽精油

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Seeds, even tiny ones like those of cranberries, are powerhouses of vitamins and oils. After all, they need a lot of energy to grow into a new plant.

Where do we get this oil?

Lush UK* purchases cranberry seed oil from Canada. It’s bought through a supplier who states: “We work with a cranberry processor who has been involved in cultivating and harvesting cranberries for generations. They use cranberries from their own fields near Quebec, as well as other well-established farms, to produce dried cranberries, juices and frozen fruits. The production of cranberry juice results in millions of seeds being left over, and these are then pressed to become cranberry seed oil.”

*With several manufacturing sites across the globe, this information may vary depending on where your Lush products were made.

What are the benefits of the cold-pressing method?

Cold-pressing is the most natural method of obtaining oil from a plant’s fruits or seeds. No heat, solvents, or other techniques are applied to the raw materials except mechanical pressure. This yields a pure and unaltered oil.

What are the benefits of cranberry seed oil?

This oil has the highest unsaturated oil content of all fruit oils. This means that it is readily absorbed by the skin while being highly moisturising and protective. It is also bursting with antioxidants and has the added benefit of having a slightly fruity flavour and aroma.

The oil is a natural source of omega 3, 6, and 9 and is often taken as a vegan (and odourless!) alternative to fish oil. It helps to maintain good health when eaten, especially for the brain.

And what are cranberries exactly?

The Vaccinium macrocarpon is a little evergreen shrub that grows in peat-rich bogs and marshes in North America. Its little round fruits, called cranberries, ripen around September. Their harvest is facilitated by an unusual method consisting of flooding the fields so that the fruits rise and float on the surface.