JH Black Sesame Oil 1 LTR

The ghani, not the machine

Walk into most oil factories and you'll find a screw expeller running hot and fast, followed by a refinery that strips the oil of colour, aroma and most of what made it worth pressing. We didn't build that. Parampara oil is pressed in a wooden ghani turning at low speed — the method the seal on our bottle depicts, and the reason our oil looks and smells nothing like the pale, odourless stuff on supermarket shelves.

Slow pressing keeps the temperature down. Low temperature keeps the oil's natural compounds, its aroma and its character intact. It also means we produce less oil from the same seed than an expeller would. That's the trade we've chosen to make.

Black sesame, specifically

We press black sesame rather than white — the darker, stronger-flavoured seed that Indian kitchens have always reserved for the foods that matter. Til laddoo at Makar Sankranti. Tilkut in the winter. The oil that goes into pickles because it keeps them. Black sesame gives a fuller, nuttier, more assertive oil than white sesame does, and it is what our grandmothers reached for.

What's in the bottle

Ingredient: Organic Black Sesame. That's the complete list.

• Unrefined — not bleached, not deodorised, not winterised
• No chemical solvents — no hexane extraction at any stage
• No preservatives, no artificial colours, no added flavours
• Naturally cloudy or settled sediment is normal — it's the sign of an unfiltered, unrefined oil, not a fault

How to use it

Serving suggestion, as printed on the pack: use for cooking, sautéing and frying, or consume raw.

A note on heat: unrefined oils have a lower smoke point than refined ones. This oil handles everyday Indian cooking, sautéing and shallow frying comfortably. For very high-heat, prolonged deep frying, use it at moderate temperature rather than pushing it to smoking.

Who buys this oil

Households returning to traditional cooking fats · Anyone avoiding refined and solvent-extracted oils · Ayurvedic and abhyanga practitioners · Pickle-makers · Gujarati and Maharashtrian kitchens · Parents cooking clean for their families

Key Features 

• COLD PRESSED / WOOD PRESSED KACHI GHANI — slow wooden ghani extraction, the traditional method
• SINGLE INGREDIENT — organic black sesame, and nothing else
• 100% UNREFINED — no bleaching, no deodorising, no chemical processing
• NO SOLVENT EXTRACTION — hexane-free from seed to bottle
• ORGANIC CERTIFIED — produced in compliance with NPOP organic standards; carries the India Organic and Jaivik Bharat marks
• 39.7 g MUFA + 41.7 g PUFA per 100 g — with saturated fat at 14.1 g
• ZERO CHOLESTEROL · ZERO TRANS FAT
• NO PRESERVATIVES OR ARTIFICIAL COLOURS
• 1 LITRE GLASS BOTTLE — no plastic leaching, fully recyclable
• FSSAI LICENSED — Lic. No. 10721032000108
• BEST BEFORE 1 YEAR from date of manufacturing
• MADE IN VADODARA, GUJARAT by Jhaveri Organic Farms

Nutrition Facts (per 100 g, as printed on pack)

Percent daily values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Daily values not established.

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Keep the cap tightly closed. Best before 1 year from the date of manufacturing printed on the pack.