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Do you sell cold-pressed sesame oil in bulk?
Yes. Levant Direct stocks Sesame Oil from El Captain (Cap Pharm) of Cairo, a house that describes its whole natural-oil range — sesame included — as cold-extracted rather than solvent-processed. It's sold by the case as part of our wider natural oils range, quoted by inquiry rather than at a fixed shelf price.
It's worth separating this from tahini, which is a paste ground from raw sesame seed. This is the pressed oil itself — a single-ingredient product used both in the kitchen and on the traditional dressing table, which is why it sits in our natural-oils catalogue rather than the pantry section.
Buyers searching specifically for a cold-pressed format tend to be sourcing for one of two shelves: a specialty food retailer wanting an unrefined cooking oil with real character, or a personal-care retailer stocking it alongside other traditional pressed oils. Either use case draws on the same product; the difference is purely in how it's merchandised once it arrives.
What "cold-pressed" means for a sesame oil
Cold extraction presses the oil out of the seed mechanically, without the heat or solvents used in some large-scale refining. It generally leaves more of the seed's own color, aroma and character in the finished oil compared with a refined, deodorized version — which is part of why cold-extracted oils are marketed on the seed and the process rather than on a neutral, flavorless promise.
El Captain positions its Cairo-based production line on exactly that basis: natural, cold-extracted plant oils rather than industrially refined ones. That's a sourcing and process claim, not a health claim, and it's the honest way to describe the oil to a buyer who's specifically searching for a cold-pressed format.
That process distinction also explains why cold-pressed sesame oil tends to carry a stronger, more distinctly sesame aroma than the refined oil sold in some mainstream grocery aisles — a genuine point of difference worth mentioning on a shelf card rather than assuming customers already know it.
Bulk formats and how to order
The product listing doesn't carry a published bottle size or case count for sesame oil, so the exact format — bottle volume, units per case, and whether a larger drum option exists for a given order size — is confirmed when you send an inquiry rather than guessed at here. That's standard across El Captain's natural-oils range: dozens of single-origin oils share the same catalogue structure, and format details get finalized against your actual order.
A single combined inquiry works best if sesame oil is one of several natural oils you're stocking. Adding it alongside black seed oil or other El Captain pressed oils consolidates into one quotation and one delivery rather than several small ones — see how inquiry-based ordering works for the mechanics.
If your volume is large enough that a drum or catering-size format would suit you better than the standard retail bottle, say so directly in your inquiry. It costs nothing to ask, and it lets the quotation reflect what you actually need rather than defaulting to the smallest published unit.
Kitchen oil, dressing-table oil, or both
Levantine and Egyptian households commonly use sesame oil both ways — drizzled or used in cooking, and worked through hair or skin as part of a traditional routine, the same dual role black seed oil and several other El Captain oils play. A retailer can reasonably shelve it in a specialty pantry section, a natural personal-care section, or both, depending on how their own customers tend to shop for it.
Whichever shelf it lands on, keep marketing language descriptive rather than promissory: what the oil is, how it's extracted, and how it's traditionally used — not what it treats or cures. Cosmetics and food products sold in Canada each carry their own regulatory framing, and mixing the two into a single unverifiable claim is the mistake worth avoiding on a label or a shelf card.
Related questions
Is this the same oil used to make tahini?
No. Tahini is a paste ground from whole roasted or raw sesame seed. This is the pressed oil itself, a single-ingredient product sold on its own in the natural-oils range.
What size bottles or cases does it come in?
The catalogue listing doesn't publish a fixed bottle size or case count — send an inquiry and the format will be confirmed on your quotation, the same as the rest of the El Captain natural-oils range.
Is it sold as a food oil or a cosmetic oil?
El Captain markets it for both traditional food and traditional external use, which is why it's stocked in our natural-oils range rather than a single-purpose category. How a given customer uses it is their own choice.
Can I request a larger drum format instead of small bottles?
Ask in your inquiry. Larger-volume formats aren't published online, but naming your target volume lets the quotation reflect what actually suits your order rather than the smallest listed unit.