Hand-crafted Argan oil - a delectable gourmet oil, full of taste and rich in nutrients and anti-oxidants, is now available in the United States
Food & Wine Magazine calls it a favorite ingredient among chefs. Argand'Or Argan oil, the superb gourmet oil, hand-crafted by experienced artisans who use traditonal production techniques to provide the world with the finest flavoring oil. This oil, rich in essential fatty acids and nutrients, is gently cold pressed using only traditional stone mills. Thus, the flavor components and nutrients such as anti-oxidants and phytosterols remain fully intact. Due to the unparalleled quality and taste, hand-crafted ARGAND'OR Argan oil is the choice American and international gourmet chefs who use Argan oil in a wide variety of culinary sensations.
In 2005, just weeks after introduction to the European market, ARGAND'OR Argan oil won the prestigious "Product of the Year Award" at BioFach, the world's leading trade show for organic foods. In addition, ARGAND’OR Argan oil has recently received the “Superior Taste Award 2007” from the International Quality and Taste Institute and the "TASTE07" award of Anuga, the world's largest food trade event .
The Argan nuts of ARGAND'OR Argan oil come from wild growing Argan trees, never treated with chemicals. Only selected kernels of the best quality are used for making our oil. Different to conventional Argan oils, artisan hand-pressed ARGAND'OR Argan oil is USDA organic certified. Every batch is analysed for quality, purity and taste in a USDA certified facility in Germany.
The U.C.F.A. Berber women’s cooperatives work closely together with ARGAND'OR GmbH, a German company founded by Engineer Mohamed El Karz, which provides strict quality control and bottles ARGAND'OR Argan oil in an USDA certified and ECOCERT inspected facility in Germany. ARGAND'OR of Germany is a socially responsible company, pays fair trade prices well above market and supports the U.C.F.A. cooperatives in development and education initiatives.
ARGAND'OR Argan oil is produced by true artisans. Bucking the trend towards mechanical mass extraction of Argan oil, a group of Berber women of the UNESCO protected Arganeraie, the only region where Argan trees grow, formed cooperatives to jointly produce the oil entirely by hand. These twenty-two rural cooperatives, unified under the U.C.F.A. (Union des Cooperatives des Femmes de l'Arganeraie) enable women who have perfected the artisan hand-creation of Argan oil from generation to generation over centuries to use their craft to produce Argan oil of highest quality. The U.C.F.A. cooperatives are dedicated to keeping the ancestral art of hand-making this world heritage food in its entirety alive. Thus, these indigenous Berber women create a genuine Argan oil no machine can.
U.C.F.A. and ARGAND'OR kick-off major Argan reforestation project.
During the next years, the U.C.F.A. will plant more than ten thousand Argan trees in Morocco's semi-arid Arganeraie, helping to save the endangered Argan forest in this UNESCO protected Biosphere Reserve
The artisan production, the scrupulous selection of Argan nuts, the gentle hand pressing and strict quality control result in a gourmet Argan oil of unparalleled quality and taste!
Food & Wine calls Argan oil the "Favorite Moroccan Export"
