Vegetable oil
Oil extracted from seeds or from other parts of plants
Vegetable oil
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. Soybean oil, canola oil, grapeseed 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 plants. In common usage, vegetable oil may refer exclusively to vegetable fats which are liquid at room temperature. Vegetable oils are usually edible and are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There is no evidence that seed oils are unhealthy. Vegetable oils have been used for thousands of years (dating back to at least 6000 BC for olive oil) and were historically important for cooking, lighting, medicine, and industry. Palm oil later becoming a major global commodity during the Industrial Revolution. In the 19th and 20th centuries, scientific advances (like understanding fats and hydrogenation...
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