Sunflower Oil Essay

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• Sunflower seed – Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil compressed from sunflower seeds biologically called Helianthus annuus. It is commonly used in food as frying oil, in cosmetics as emollient. It is a mixture of monounsaturated/polyunsaturated oleic acid (omega-9)-linoleicacid group of oils. The seed contains an oil content ranging from 22 to 36% and kernel consists of 45-55% of oil. In recent years there is an increase in demand of sunflower oil and hence hybrid seeds are produced to increase oil production to meet the demand.
Sunflower oil is extracted using chemical solvents like hexane or expeller pressing i.e. squeezing directly from the sunflower oilseed by crushing. Refining of sunflower oil through the following processes of solvent …show more content…

It is different from the oil extracted from the kernel of coconut and palm oil extracted from the pulp of palm oil fruit. Palm kernel oil is semi solid at room temperature, is more saturated than palm oil. It is commonly used for cooking as it is relatively cheap and remains stable at high cooking temperature and also for the fact that it can be stored longer than other vegetable oil.
Indonesia is the major producer of Palm Kernel oil with a quantity of 3.8 million tonnes, followed by Malaysia with 2.35 million tonnes. Indonesia and Malaysia are also the largest producer of Palm Kernel oilseed and the major exporters of Palm Kernel oil.

• Coconut – Coconut oil also known as copra oil is extracted from the kernel and meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palms. It has various applications like food, medicine because of its high saturated fat content and hence slow to oxidize and thus resistant to rancidification and last in for up to two years.
Philippines are the major producer of copra oil with a quantity of 1.45 million tonnes followed by Indonesia with 0.98 million tonnes and India with 0.45 million tonnes. Philippines, Indonesia and India are the major producer of copra oilseed. Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia are major exporters of copra oil whereas EU-27 and United States are major

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