Raw Unrefined Extra Virgin Wild-Harvested/Organic Pracaxi Oil - 4 Fl.oz What you should know about Pracaxi oil Before using it: Totally unknown on the USA market until 5 years ago, due to its extraordinary therapeutic healing properties, Pracaxi has become one of the most sought after oil as for using in therapeutic massage, a healing oil for all types of skin disorders as for using in cosmetic formulations. The results have shown that refined Pracaxi oil loses all its therapeutic medicinal properties being comparable to any ordinary oil with high Oleic acid content.The reason is simple: during the refined processing the flavanoids, the non- fatty acid content responsible for the medicinal therapeutic properties of the Pracaxi oil is destroyed. The higher Pracaxi oil demand is causing what, should not, but is expected: knowing or not, there are a lot of companies selling highly refined Pracaxi oil as is it was unrefined. Therefore, if you are looking for the therapeutic properties of Pracaxi oil make sure you are buying authentic UNREFINED Pracaxi oil from a reliable company and make the test: UNREFINED Pracaxi oil is yellow to light brown at room temperature, has a nutty scent and turns into to solid, like a butter, in cold weather at around 71F. If does not have these caracteristics is mens that is a highly refined pracaxi oil with no medicinal threapeutic value. If you are looking for the healing, therapeutic properties of pracaxi oil, do NOT buy it highly refined. Pracaxi oil is non-comedogenic oil easily absorbed by the skin.Pracaxi oil oil is light yellow oil with an impressive 19% of Behenic acid (6 times higher than that of peanut oil) with antiseptic, anti fungal, anti-hemorrhagic and moisturizing properties. Color/Scent: Light to Dark Yellow/Herbal-Nutty Packaging: Brown PET Bottle Attribute: Cold Pressed/ Unrefined/Organic Shelf Life: 1 year AP Texture: Thin liquid at 75F / Solid at cold temperatures SAP Value: 170-180