Food grade essential oils

What are essential oils?

Essential oils are aromatic extracts of plants and these are classified according to their origin. They can be found in differents parts of the plant. Depending on its composition, each essential oil will have certain properties that we can take advantage of its chemical composition.

What are essential oils used for?

Thanks to their chemical composition, essential oils are used for treat body ailments and imrove our health. They are also wideley used in fragances, cosmetics and food.

What are the benefits of essential oils?

These ingredients have microbial agents which allow food to be properly preserved, prolonging its useful life. They also have excellent benefits in human nutrition and health, preventing nauseas, headaches, insomnia, muscle aches and more.

Are essential oils natural?

This product is extracted using steam distillation, expression and other different ways from different parts of plants such as fruits, roots, leaves, flowers and more. This is why you can consider natural essential oils.

How many types of essential oils are there?

There are two types of essential oils: Therapeutic and food grade. However, the FDA have never classified them. You need to be very careful in the way you are using them: there is a big different in using a drop instead of a large amount of this ingredient. At mySibi you can find products generally accepted as a safe cooking additive such as spearmint oil, peppermint oil, lemongrass oil, among others.