Question

Does almond milk contain cyanide?

Answer 1

Almond milk does not contain any cyanide.

Almond Milk is made from sweet almonds that do not contain any cyanide so you can safely drink as much almond milk as you want too without getting cyanide poisoning.

Regular almonds do contain some cyanide and if you do eat too many of the regular almonds then you could get cyanide poisoning but it would take a lot of almonds to eat get cyanide poisoning.

You can get food poisoning from almonds if they have gone rancid or bad.

All foods can give you food poisoning if they are bad or spoiled or if they contain bacteria and almonds can also get bacteria on them including salmonella bacteria.

But it's very rare that almonds do get bacteria on them as long as you eat them soon after picking them or purchasing them.

If the almonds taste bad then throw them out to avoid risk of food poisoning.

Also you can get salmonella poisoning from Almonds that have the Salmonella bacteria on them.

If you use the almonds in baked goods and the almonds are heated up to a high enough temperature then salmonella bacteria will be killed.

So in that case you should not get salmonella from eating the almonds.

It's rare though that almonds have the salmonella bacteria so it's not too much of an issue when it comes to eating almonds.

There was a few cases of people getting infected with salmonella though after eating almonds but your chance of getting infected with salmonella is very low that it's nothing to worry about.

I've eaten almonds without adding them to baked goods for years and never have gotten salmonella poisoning or any other health issues as a result of eating almonds.

Answer 2

The plant that releases cyanide are millet sprout plants, lima bean plants, soy plants, spinach plants, bamboo shoots, cassava roots and almonds and almond plants.

Cyanide occurs naturally as part of sugars or other naturally occurring compounds.

Cyanide is found in natural substances in some foods and certain plants which include the seeds and pits of some common fruits.

Cyanide is also used in manufacturing to make textiles, plastics and paper and is used in chemicals used to develop photographs.

Low levels of cyanides are found in nature and in products we commonly eat and use.

Cyanides can be produced by certain bacteria, fungi and algae.

Cyanides are also found in cigarette smoke, in vehicle exhaust, and in foods such as spinach, bamboo shoots, almonds, lima beans, fruit pits and tapioca.

Cyanide is a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that interferes with the body's ability to use oxygen.

Cyanide can be a colorless gas or liquid, such as hydrogen cyanide (HCN) or cyanogen chloride (CNCl).

Cyanide can also be a crystal (solid) form such as sodium cyanide (NaCN) or potassium cyanide (KCN).

In chemistry, cyanide is a chemical compound that contains a C≡N functional group.

This group, known as the cyano group, consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.

In inorganic cyanides, the cyanide group is present as the cyanide anion ⁻C≡N.

This anion is extremely poisonous.