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What are Vegetable Oils?


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Vegetable Oils

Vegetable oils are compounds consisting of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen atoms that can take solid or liquid form under changing temperatures, processed with various production methods from plant-based sources.


Vegetable oils; In addition to being used as human food in meals, they are also used as basic materials in many areas such as the pharmaceutical industry, cosmetics industry, health industry, manufacturing industry, animal food industry. Vegetable oils are one of the essential basic materials for living things.


Vegetable oils are classified according to their production methods, physical structures and chemical structures.


Vegetable oils are classified according to their production methods;

  • Hot (tempering) pressed vegetable oils

  • Cold pressed vegetable oils

  • Distilled vegetable oils

  • Continuous (Fractional distillation) oils

It is possible to sort as follows.

It is also possible to come across maceration or infusion techniques in some sources as the production method. However, this is not a vegetable oil production method, but a vegetable oil processing method.


According to their physical structures, vegetable oils are;

  • Solid vegetable oils

  • Liquid vegetable oils

It is in the form of.


Vegetable oils according to their chemical structures;

  • Fixed vegetable oils

  • Essential oils

It is in the form of.


Main vegetable oils;

Hot pepper oil, Bitter almond oil, Sage oil, Anise oil, Juniper oil, Argan oil, Safflower oil, Avocado oil, Sunflower oil, Rosemary oil, Walnut oil, Black cumin oil, Bay oil, Milk thistle oil, Hazelnut oil, Peanut oil, Rose oil, Grapefruit peel oil, Mustard oil, Poppy seed oil, Carrot seed oil, Coconut oil, Castor oil, Nettle seed oil, Fig seed oil, Pumpkin seed oil, Cocoa butter, Canola oil, Apricot kernel oil, Clove oil, Thyme oil, Wintergreen oil, Coriander oil, Cumin oil, Rosehip oil, Lavender oil, Lemon peel oil, Tangerine peel oil, Myrtle oil, Melissa oil, Peppermint oil, Pomegranate seed oil, Eucalyptus oil, Palm oil, Orange peel oil, Fennel oil, Garlic oil, Cedarwood oil, Shea butter, Sesame oil, Sweet almond oil, Grape seed oil, Cherry seed oil, Olive oil.



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