A Canadian company is recalling Apricot Power brand apricot pits and seed meal because they contain the toxin amygdalin, which can cause cyanide poisoning. Ecoideas Innovations Inc., which has offices ...

Apricot Power is refusing to recall apricot seeds after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found they were toxic. Analysis of three samples showed seeds contained high levels of the toxic compound ...

If you crack open a peach or apricot pit, you’ll find something that looks like an almond. It’s not an almond. Please don’t eat the impostor almond. It’s the seed. If you were planning on sampling the ...

Advantage Health Matters Inc. is recalling Organic Traditions brand dried bitter apricot kernels from retailers nationwide in Canada because of excessive levels of a natural toxin that can cause ...

On Monday, the BMJ published an odd case report: doctors diagnosed a man with cyanide poisoning, which he got from apricot kernel extract. The diagnosis comes on the heels of another case of cyanide ...

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Editor's note: Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers' questions in this column written exclusively for The Chronicle. You can e-mail your questions to [email protected], ...

Charlyn Moltane, who gardens in Fountain Valley, emailed as follows: “My friend in Garden Grove has grown four apricot trees from the seeds of store-bought fruit. These trees are now five feet tall ...