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Vegetable oils are triglycerides extracted from plants. Some of these oils have been part of human culture for millennia. [1] Edible vegetable oils are used in food, both in cooking and as supplements. Many oils, edible and otherwise, are burned as fuel, such as in oil lamps and as a substitute for petroleum-based fuels.
Basically, any plant oil at all for which there is any evidence whatsover that it is or was extracted and used on any regular basis belongs on this list. I'd guess that 99.9%+ of all commercial vegetable oil trade, past or present, is accounted for by the oils on the list.
Properties of vegetable oils [1] [2] The nutritional values are expressed as percent (%) by mass of total fat. Type Processing treatment [3] Saturated fatty acids Monounsaturated
Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of edible plants. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides. [1] Soybean oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of seed oils, or fats from seeds. Olive oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil are examples of fats from other parts of ...
In modern vegetable oil production, oils are usually extracted chemically, using a solvent such as hexane. Chemical extraction is cheaper and more efficient than mechanical extraction, at a large scale, leaving only 0.5–0.7% of the oil in the plant solids, as compared to 6–14% for mechanical extraction.
Oil Diet type ω−3 content Avocado oil: Fruit/Vegetable 0.03% Olive oil: Fruit/Vegetable 0.7% Linseed oil/Flaxseed oil: Seed 51.9% – 55.2% Hemp oil: Seed 22% Walnut oil: Seed 14% Canola oil: Seed 9% - 11% Soybean oil: Seed 7% - 10% Mustard oil: Seed 6% Pumpkin seed oil: Seed 0.01% - 15% [7] Algae oil: Algae/Kelp: Fish oil: Fish Cod liver ...
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Critics of seed oils often point to the health hazards of the solvents used in the industrial process of generating vegetable oils. [12] Hexane, which can be neurotoxic, is extremely effective at oil extraction. [13] Thus, it is often quoted as a danger when consuming vegetable oils as it can be found in finished oils in trace amounts. [14]