page_title: List of vegetable oils
section_title: Other edible oils
hierarchical_section_title: List of vegetable oils / Edible oils / Other edible oils
caption_attribution_description: العربية: بذور نبتة الخشخاش. English: Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) seeds. Poppy seeds, used to make poppyseed oil. Bulk poppy seeds, black. 日本語: ケシの実. Simple English: Papaver somniferum seeds. தமிழ்: கசகசா.
context_page_description: Vegetable oils are triglycerides extracted from plants. Some of these oils have been part of human culture for millennia. 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. Some of the many other uses include wood finishing, oil painting, and skin care.
context_section_description: Amaranth oil, from the seeds of grain amaranth species, including Amaranthus cruentus and Amaranthus hypochondriacus, high in squalene and unsaturated fatty acids.
  Apricot oil, similar to almond oil, which it resembles. Used in cosmetics.
  Apple seed oil, high in linoleic acid.
  Argan oil, from the seeds of the Argania spinosa, is a food oil from Morocco developed through a women's cooperative founded in the 1990s, that has also attracted recent attention in Europe.
  Avocado oil, an edible oil used primarily in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Unusually high smoke point of 510 °F (266 °C).
  Babassu oil, from the seeds of the Attalea speciosa, is similar to, and used as a substitute for, coconut oil.
  Ben oil, extracted from the seeds of the Moringa oleifera. High in behenic acid. Extremely stable edible oil. Also suitable for biofuel.
  Borneo tallow nut oil, extracted from the fruit of species of genus Shorea. Used as a substitute for cocoa butter, and to make soap, candles, cosmetics and medicines in places where the tree is common.
  Cape chestnut oil, also called yangu oil, is a popular oil in Africa for skin care.
  Carob pod oil (Algaroba oil), from carob, with an exceptionally high essential fatty acid content.
  Cocoa butter, from the cacao plant, is used in the manufacture of chocolate, as well as in some ointments and cosmetics; sometimes known as theobroma oil
  Cocklebur oil, from species of genus Xanthium, with similar properties to poppyseed oil, similar in taste and smell to sunflower oil.
  Cohune oil, from the Attalea cohune (cohune palm) used as a lubricant, for cooking, soapmaking and as a lamp oil.
  Coriander seed oil, from coriander seeds, used in a wide variety of flavoring applications, including gin and seasoning blends. Recent research has shown promise for use in killing food-borne bacteria, such as E. coli.
  Date seed oil, extracted from date pits. Its low extraction rate and lack of other distinguishing characteristics make it an unlikely candidate for major use.
  Dika oil, from Irvingia gabonensis seeds, native to West Africa. Used to make margarine, soap and pharmaceuticals, where is it being examined as a tablet lubricant. Largely underdeveloped.
  False flax oil made of the seeds of Camelina sativa. One of the earliest oil crops, dating back to the 6th millennium B.C. Produced in modern times in Central and Eastern Europe; fell out of production in the 1940s. Considered promising as a food or fuel oil.
  Grape seed oil, a cooking and salad oil, also sprayed on raisins to help them retain their flavor.
  Hemp oil, a high quality food oil also used to make paints, varnishes, resins and soft soaps.
  Kapok seed oil, from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra, used as an edible oil, and in soap production.
  Kenaf seed oil, from the seeds of Hibiscus cannabinus. An edible oil similar to cottonseed oil, with a long history of use.
  Lallemantia oil, from the seeds of Lallemantia iberica, discovered at archaeological sites in northern Greece.
  Mafura oil, extracted from the seeds of Trichilia emetica. Used as an edible oil in Ethiopia. Mafura butter, extracted as part of the same process when extracting the oil, is not edible, and is used in soap and candle making, as a body ointment, as fuel, and medicinally.
  Marula oil, extracted from the kernel of Sclerocarya birrea. Used as an edible oil with a light, nutty flavor. Also used in soaps. Fatty acid composition is similar to that of olive oil.
  Meadowfoam seed oil, highly stable oil, with over 98% long-chain fatty acids. Competes with rapeseed oil for industrial applications.
  Mustard oil (pressed), used in India as a cooking oil. Also used as a massage oil.
  Niger seed oil is obtained from the edible seeds of the Niger plant, which belongs to the genus Guizotia of the family Asteraceae. The botanical name of the plant is Guizotia abyssinica. Cultivation for the plant originated in the Ethiopian highlands, and has since spread from Malawi to India.
  Nutmeg butter, extracted by expression from the fruit of cogeners of genus Myristica. Nutmeg butter has a large amount of trimyrist
caption: Poppy seeds, used to make poppyseed oil
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