Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert gives ARGAND'OR Argan Oil top scores for taste, health and ingredients!
No top scores on value, though: We admit, ARGAND'OR is pricey. However, it is a fair trade product. The UCFA women cooperatives who hand-craft the oil with traditional artisan stone-mills need 6 to 8 hours to produce one bottle! And the rare nutrients are hard to get from any other natural food source! Plus: the taste is unique and delectable. Therefore, we think ARGAND'OR is worth every penny.
Gourmet News as well as The Organic Products Retailer announce the introduction of ARGAND'OR Argan Oil to the American market in their September 2007 issues.
Bob Batz Jr., food editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the leading daily in Western Pennsylvania, bought a bottle of ARGAND'OR Argan oil in a local gourmet store and enjoyed testing it with guests. Read about his experience by clicking on the external links:
On August 28, 2007, The Gourmet Retailer releases a Breaking News Dispatch, announcing the introduction of ARGAND'OR Argan Oil
The Catalyst in Iowa City covered ARGAND'OR in a two page special. Iowa is not only first in the primaries, but also first in retailing ARGAND'OR in the US! Thank you, New Pioneer folks- we love you guys!
Half a year before ARGAND'OR Argan oil was available in the USA, ODE Magazine honored ARGAND'OR Argan oil by selecting it as one of the ORGANIC 17, the "best, most innovative, inspiring and sustainable companies around the world"
Thank you ODE - it is a great honor to receive this award for a product that was acutally not available in the USA at the time.
The weekly newspaper THE EPOCH TIMES praises the Fair Trade origin of ARGAND'OR in their October 4 issue and reveals some easy to make recipes.
This article was not only printed in the United States, but also in Canada and Far Away places such as France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand!
Fancy Food and Culinary Products as well as Organic Processing both announce the introduction of ARGAND'OR Argan Oil in their respective October 2007 issue.
"Liquid Gold in Morocco": The New York Times published on 11/18/2007 an article on Women Cooperative produced Argan oil and its cosmetic uses. The author, describes the cooperative women and the artisan hand-crafting of Argan oil: "They (the women) then place the kernels between two Flintstone-size slabs of rock, grinding them into a brown paste ...". The article finishes explaining "... that the production passes the sustainability test and directly benefits the women who make it."
We fully agree!
ARGAND'OR Argan oil is the sole organic Argan oil in the USA that is hand-crafted by Women Cooperatives. Sales of ARGAND'OR directly benefit about one thousand women in twenty-two women cooperatives across the Southwestern Morocco.
In an article titled "Liquid Gold" Milwaukee Magazine calls Argand'Or Argan Oil Milwaukee's Hot New Product and Healthy Superfood. The author of the article quotes Milwaukee's leading French Chef Jacques Chaumes, descibing the taste of Argand'Or Argan oil as "unbelievable" and " quadrupling the flavor"
Organic and Wellness News describes in the Spring 2008 Edition the sustainable production of Argand'Or Argan oil. The author shows that the partnership between the U.C.F.A. Berber women cooperatives and Argand'Or not only generates income for the Berber families of the Arganeraie, but also helps to preserve the UNESCO protected Argan tree
Making Scents, the Magazine of the International Aromatherapy and Herb Association (IAHA), published an excellent summary of Argan oil, its tradition, composition, use in food and cosmetics. The World Artisan Guild, importers of Argan'Or Argan oil, is the listed source for Argan oil on the magazine's Oil & Butter Resource list.
