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But so does regular butter. It's not 100% fat, it contains water.


Doesn't regular butter do that too - perhaps just aerate it like they do with all the icecream nowadays?


Almond could have also a small amount of cyanide. Bad idea if you plan to eat a lot of the stuff.


AFAIU only bitter almonds, which are not used to make almond butter, contain significant amounts of cyanide. You could eat pounds of almond butter and not have an issue.


Is interesting, so I did some calculus.

If we assume a 75Kg standard male human the lethal dose of cyanide would be 37.5 mg (0.5 mg by Kg)[A]. A Kg of sweet almonds has more or less, 25mg of cyanide [B] therefore if you eat 1,5Kg of almond butter in a short space of time you could reach the lethal dose.

Is a lot of butter but:

1) If you eat less you could still vomit or have stomach problems that could lower your chances of survival in such hostile environment.

2) the maker could had used some cheaper bitter almonds in the mix to lower the price. Bitter almonds have much more cyanide so even a few could lower the lethal oral dose.

And 3) there is a possible interaction with vitamin C suplements, that turn amygdalin in cyanide [2].

[A] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793392/

[B] https://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/content/attachme...


That is 3.3 imperial pounds of sweet almonds. I offer that one would not be readily able to consume even half that much.


Eating half of the stuff wouldn't be so difficult in a diet that needs to replace 7000-9000 calories each day. 750 g of almond butter has around 4600 calories. A reasonable value to eat if choosen as the main source of fat in the diet.


Put a stick of butter in the freezer and see what happens.




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