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Comprehensive Guide to Seed Oils

Seed oils are obtained from the seeds of plants rather than the fruit. Common seed oils include sunflower, corn, and sesame oils. Seed oils can be extracted through cold pressing, which crushes the seeds at low temperatures to release the oils. Cold pressed oils have a neutral taste compared to other extraction methods but have lower productivity and inconsistent quality. Sunflower oil is commonly used for cooking and in cosmetics as an emollient. It contains high amounts of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats as well as vitamin E. Corn oil is extracted from corn kernels and used for cooking due to its high smoke point. It is also used to make margarine and biodiesel.

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Comprehensive Guide to Seed Oils

Seed oils are obtained from the seeds of plants rather than the fruit. Common seed oils include sunflower, corn, and sesame oils. Seed oils can be extracted through cold pressing, which crushes the seeds at low temperatures to release the oils. Cold pressed oils have a neutral taste compared to other extraction methods but have lower productivity and inconsistent quality. Sunflower oil is commonly used for cooking and in cosmetics as an emollient. It contains high amounts of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats as well as vitamin E. Corn oil is extracted from corn kernels and used for cooking due to its high smoke point. It is also used to make margarine and biodiesel.

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Seed oils are vegetable oils obtained from the

seed (endosperm) of some plants, rather than the


fruit (pericarp). Most vegetable oils are seedoils.
Examples are sunflower, corn, and sesame oils.
plant oil

Almond Almond oil

Argan Argan oil

Borage Borage oil

Castor oil plant Castor oil

Cherry Cherry pit oil

Coconut Coconut oil

Corn Corn oil

Cotton Cottonseed oil

Flax Linseed oil

Grape Grape seed oil

Hemp Hemp oil

Jojoba Jojoba oil

Macadamia Macadamia oil

Mango Mango butter

Mustard plant Mustard oil

Neem Neem oil

Oil palm Palm kernel oil

Rapeseed oil
Rapeseed
Canola oil

Safflower Safflower oil


Oil can be extracted using the methods of cold-
pressing to crush the seeds at low temperatures to
release the oils. Cold pressed oils have a neutral
taste when compared to other methods. The

disadvantage of the cold pressing process is the


low productivity and inconsistent quality.
Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil pressed from
the seeds of the sunflower
(Helianthus annuus).
Sunflower oil is commonly used in food as a frying
oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient.
Sunflower oil is primarily composed of linoleic
acid, a polyunsaturated fat, and oleic acid, a
monounsaturated fat. Through selective breeding
and manufacturing processes, oils of differing

proportions of the fatty acids are produced.l The


expressed oil has a neutral taste profile.2 The oil
contains a large amount of vitamin E.2
Corn oil (maize oil) is oil extracted from the germ

of corn (maize). Its main use is in cooking, where


itshigh smoke point makes refined corn oil a
valuable frying oil. It is also a key ingredient in
some margarines. Corn oil is generally less
expensive than most other types of vegetable oils.
Corn oil is also a feedstock used for biodiesel.
Other industrial uses for oil include soap,
corn

salve, paint, erasers, rustproofing for metal


surfaces, inks, textiles, nitroglycerin, and
insecticides. It is sometimes used as a carrier for
drug molecules in pharmaceutical preparations.
Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from
sesame seeds. The oil is one of the earliest-known
crop-based oils. Worldwide mass modern
production is limited due to the inefficient manual
harvesting process required to extract the oil. Oil
made from raw seeds, which may or may not be

cold-pressed, is used as a cooking oil. Oil made


from toasted seeds is used for its distinctive nutty
aroma and taste, although it may be unsuitable for
frying, which makes it taste burnt and bitter.1
Neem oil, also known as margosa oil, is a
vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of
the neem (Azadirachta indica), a tree which is
indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and has
been introduced to many other areas in the tropics.
It is the most important of the commercially
available products of neem and is used for organic
farming and medicines.

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