History of Edible Oil

Around 250,000 BC, when man learned how to produce fire, was the time when people used animal fats as edible oils for cooking purpose. This happened when man started cooking animal meat under fire and oil naturally drips out of it. At the same time, the man also prepared earthenware for cooking and other purposes from stone, clay and other materials.
The production of vegetables began thousands of years ago. People utilized anything they could find for a variety of cooking purposes. Later they learned to use the sun, a fire or an oven to heat up oily plants to collect the oils.
More than five thousand years ago when Mustard grew wild in the foothills of the Himalayas. Food historians tell us that around 3000 BCE, ancient Indian farmers began cultivating Mustard. And archaeological evidence indicates that Mustard and Mustard Oil was used in the cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Dhola Vira. In addition to widespread culinary uses, Mustard was also used extensively in the ancient Indian healing science of Ayurveda. There are numerous formulations that use Mustard, Mustard leaves and Mustard Oil. The ancient Indian doctors (known as Vaids) knew all about the anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal and antibacterial properties of Mustard Oil, its heating action which opened up the pores of the skin and allowed the active ingredients to pervade and work at deeper levels of the body.

Agronics Extra Virgin Mustard Oil is extracted by our farmers and family members, the seeds they used for Cold Pressed Oil Extraction are cultivated and harvested by our farmers at their farm lands only.