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Cupboard Natural Foods carries several Fair Trade products. Look for them around the store, in our bulk section. Some common items that you might find are chocolate, coffee, and tea.

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Oil of bitter almond

Volatile oil from the dried ripe kernels of bitter almonds or from other kernels containing amygdalin, such as apricots, peaches, plums, and cherries; obtained by steam distillation after maceration of the source with water. Formerly used as an antipruritic; poisonous—releases hydrocyanic acid (hydrogen cyanide). Only the oil free of hydrogen cyanide may be used to flavor liquors and foods.

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