Cold pressed from whole toasted sesame seeds, this award-winning, rich and nutty oil is one of the defining flavours of East Asian cuisine. Our Toasted Sesame Oil is high in unsaturated fats and a perfect accompaniment to stir-fries, noodles or drizzled over vegetables and salads. - Toasted for extra flavour - Rich in Unsaturated Fat - Ideal for salad dressings, sauces and Asian soups How is it made? Unlike our Organic Sesame Oil, the sesame seeds for this variety are toasted which them a richer and stronger depth of flavour. Our Organic Toasted Sesame Oil is also cold-pressed and unrefined. Cold pressing is when the raw ingredient is simply pressed without external sources of heat or chemicals applied to the pressing process. This allows the oil to retain more of its flavour and nutritional value creating a higher quality product. Once the oil is extracted from the raw ingredient, it needs to be further processed to remove any residual particles that might be left from pressing. Oils will fall into two categories at this stage: refined and unrefined. Like the pressing process, heat is one of the key elements which defines the method. Refined oils are subjected to heat pressure at this stage. Unrefined oil, such as our Organic Toasted Sesame Oil, is processed much more gently using filters rather than heat after extraction. Like cold pressing, this helps the oil retain more of its flavour and nutritional properties, which would otherwise be degraded with the application of external heat.