Austrian entrepreneurs are extracting cyanide from stone fruit seeds – a side stream of the fruit processing industry – before upcycling them into B2B food ingredients. Food waste is a global concern.
A naturally-occurring compound called amygdalin is present in apricot kernels and converts to cyanide after eating. Cyanide poisoning can cause nausea, fever, headaches, insomnia, thirst, lethargy, ...
OTTAWA, Dec. 5, 2017 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding Canadians to limit their consumption of bitter apricot kernels because of the risk of cyanide poisoning. Bitter apricot kernels contain ...