Cold-Pressed Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Cake as a Functional Ingredient in Sustainable Food Systems (2025)

Black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) is an ancient culinary and medicinal plant whose cold-pressed oil industry now generates increasing quantities of nutrient-dense press cake (BC-cake). This by-product is rich in plant protein, dietary fiber, residual oil, and Nigella-specific phytochemicals such as th