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What is Vegoil (Vegetable Oil)?

Vegoil
A vegetable oil or vegoil is an oil extracted from oilseeds or another plant source. Some vegetable oils, such as rapeseed, cottonseed or castor oil, are not fit for human consumption without further processing.
Like all fats, vegetable oils are esters of glycerin and a varying blend of fatty acids, and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
SVO - Straight Vegetable Oil ...... Fresh, new vegetable oil.
WVO - Waste Vegetable Oil ..... Used vegetable oil, which may contain animal fats, depending on source.
Vegoil - Vegetable Oil
Veg Oil - Vegetable Oil
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Veggie Oil, Veggieoil - Vegetable Oil
Common sources of vegetable oil include:
Oilseeds:
flax seed
hemp (cannabis)
linseed
rapeseed
canola (a special variety of rapeseed, bred to minimize toxin content)
safflower
sesame
sunflower
grape seed
Other vegetable oils:

almond
avocado
castor bean
corn (maize)
cotton seed
coconut
hazelnut
olive
palm -from the fruit of the African palm tree
palm kernel oil - from the seed of the African palm tree
peanut
pumpkin seed
rice bran
soybean
walnut
Vegoil Facts
The vegetable oil most widely used in human nutrition is sunflower seed oil.
Palm oil, which is solid at room temperature, is used mainly to produce soaps and cosmetics.
The majority of European rapeseed oil production is used to produce biodiesel.
Extraction
One can use the "modern" way of processing oil by chemical extraction, using solvent extracts, which produces higher yields and is quicker and less expensive.
Another way is the "physical extraction", that does not use solvent extracts. It is made the "old" way by expeller-pressed mechanical extraction. See also: biodiesel, decorticator, expeller, extruder, fat, lipid, mill.
Sources and Credits
Partly from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia.

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