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Tobacco seed oil, from the seeds of Nicotiana tabacum and other Nicotiana species. Edible if purified. [144] Tomato seed oil is a potentially valuable by-product, as a cooking oil, from the waste seeds generated from processing tomatoes. [145] Wheat germ oil, used nutritionally and in cosmetic preparations, high in vitamin E and octacosanol. [146]
Oil seeds are fed into the housing, where the screws mash the seeds, and create pressure which forces the oil out through small holes in the side of the press. The remaining solids, called seed cake, are either discarded or used for other purposes. [1] Oil presses can be either manual or powered.
The seeds of Camellia oleifera can be pressed to yield tea seed oil, a sweetish seasoning and cooking oil. In tea seed oil, oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid comprises ~80% of the total fatty acid content - the oil is similar in composition to olive oil. After the tea seed oil is extracted, the seed itself still serves a purpose.
Pongamia oil is derived from the seeds of the Millettia pinnata tree, which is native to tropical and temperate Asia. Millettia pinnata, also known as Pongamia pinnata or Pongamia glabra, is common throughout Asia and thus has many different names in different languages, many of which have come to be used in English to describe the seed oil derived from M. pinnata; Pongamia is often used as ...
The oil is known as 'camellia oil', 'tea seed oil', or 'camellia seed oil'. [2] As of 2016 4,000,000 hectares (9,900,000 acres) of oleifera forest centered on the Yangtze river basin in Hunan , Jiangxi , and Guangxi produces 0.26 million tons of oil.
The most widely produced tropical oil, also used to make biofuel: Soybean: 41.28: One of the most widely consumed cooking oils Rapeseed: 18.24: One of the most widely used cooking oils, also used as fuel. Canola is a variety of rapeseed. Sunflower seed: 9.91: A common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel Peanut: 4.82: Mild-flavored cooking ...
Shorea robusta seed oil is an edible oil extracted from the seeds of Shorea robusta. Shorea robusta is known as the Sal tree in India. Sal is indigenous to India and occurs in two main regions separated by the Gangetic Plain, namely the northern and central Indian regions. [1] The plant belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae botanical family. [2]
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 ...