Thread: POISON: Trader Joe's "Fig Cake w/Apricot Kernels"
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Default POISON: Trader Joe's "Fig Cake w/Apricot Kernels"
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> Yesterday, I purchased Trader Joe's "Fig Cake w/Apricot Kernels" (in a
> 9-ounce round, plastic container), at their store in San Francisco (555
> 9th St.). When I got home, something bothered me about the apricot
> kernels (listed as "raw" on the label)...didn't I read somewhere that
> they contain toxic levels of cyanide (like peach pits)?

There are varieties of apricot whose pits are very low in cyanide.
Amarett di Saronno are made from apricot pits - people have been eating
them for years with no problems.
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