Are seeds of apricots toxic?

I heard that British food safety agency ..declaierd it toxic to eat seeds of apricots. however we are eating since childhood 😄

1. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   I have not read about this but i do not think so. Apricot seeds are eaten safely in Turkey.

2. Ebru Karacan reply

   They are toxic when you eat too much amount of them because of the amygdaline content of them. I know this from my Toxicology class.

3. Muhammad Abdullah bin Masood reply

   You can do debitterization of these seeds by ultrasonic waves. It would significantly reduce amygdalin. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350417719301269

4. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   In the same vein cassava root in the tropics also contain cyanoglycosides which are inactivated by cooking .

5. Food & Material Scientist reply

   Is it dried, powdered and eaten? just curious to know, thanks

6. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   yes dried, powdered or whole. It tastes like as almond but a little bitter. Also they are coated with chocolate, sugar or chocolate + sugar and made dragees as almond dragees. A c…

7. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   Apricot kernels are often added in cheaper marzipan paste to extend the more expensive almonds.

8. Ufuk Ayyıldız reply

   yes, that is also another way of their using.