Comments on: Argan oil for hair and food is nut oil broken by a goat’s butt

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:25:51 +0000

Hi, very helpful blog! Moroccan Argan Oil has amazing benefits for hair, you just want to make sure you are buying the real stuff. It should absorb instantly leaving hair shiny and soft without weighing it down or leaving it oily. Pro Naturals has an Argan Oil that does this.

By: Mel Stevens

Mel Stevens — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:22:58 +0000

Argan oil is extremely hard to get, that’s why, when it’s original, it’s so expensive. I use the pro naturals products, made from it, for my hair, and they are amazingly good!

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:10:12 +0000

In reply to Soraya. And tastes like it too?

By: Soraya

Soraya — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:40:01 +0000

I am guessing this is why argan oil smells like goat poo then!

By: Tinamarie Bernard

Tinamarie Bernard — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:00:11 +0000

Love this. 🙂 Yeah Goats!

By: Xenobio

Xenobio — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:29:11 +0000

I’ve seen argan oil for sale at a fancy Western condiments shop (Vom Fass) in Singapore and Malaysia. L’Oreal shampoo and conditioner also have it as an ingredient. I guess some of the sources for argan oil in commercial products that don’t cost an arm and a leg, have not been eaten by goats as Xoussef described. Like the difference between normal coffee and civet coffee (kopi luwak).

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:08:31 +0000

Let’s create a union for them, and put more goats to work then!

By: Xoussef

Xoussef — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:28:55 +0000

Actually, Argan trees are thorny (and not very decorative), which makes harvesting the fruit very hard. Thick skinned, thick lipped goats don’t care though, and climb the trees to eat the stuff. It digests the exocarp and mesocarp and poops the hard shell of the endocap. It’s then collected, washed and dried in the sun. The shells will have to be felled one by one to extract the seed inside, which is then either cooked and pressed to make edible oil, or pressed raw to make cosmetic oil. I’m skipping several steps here, but it’s uberhard work.
However nowadays the fruits are harvested by hand, mainly to stop the goats from damaging the trees, a machine extracts the nuts, but the goats still enjoy the pulp and peels separately. I’m not sure, but the shells still have to be felled by hand though.