Sesame oil is a flavour product before it is a cooking oil. Pressed from sesame seeds, it comes in two main types: light (from raw or lightly roasted seeds) with a milder taste, and dark toasted with a deep aroma used as a finishing note rather than for frying.

In Middle Eastern and Asian cooking, sesame oil is added in small amounts to sauces, marinades, salads, mezze, and wok dishes after cooking to keep its aroma. High heat destroys its signature flavour, so it works as a seasoning oil, not a primary frying medium.

Nutritionally, sesame oil provides unsaturated fats and natural compounds such as sesamin and sesamol that give it good stability. Store it cool and dark and keep it sealed, since its aromatic flavour is sensitive to light and heat.

For restaurants and retailers, sesame oil is a natural extension of a sesame product line alongside tahini and halawa — enabling single-source supply.

Alrawdha Foodstuff Industry, with deep sesame and tahini expertise, supplies 100% sesame oil under Syriana from Ajman in retail, wholesale, and industrial sizes. See the sesame & sunflower oil guide and the oils wholesale page, and request a wholesale quote for commercial sizes.