The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that the seeds if consumed in larger quantities could be fatal. It is said that they can produce cyanide and result in death. A maximum of two bitter apricot ...
A 2016 study discovered that oil extracted from bitter apricot kernels has prohibitive effects against psoriatic skin cells, although this study was done on cultured cells and not tested on humans.
Some are made using ground sweet and bitter almonds baked with egg and sugar; others from ground apricot kernels. They are light and airy, crunchy on the outside and chewy in the middle.