page_title: Cottonseed oil
section_title: Refining
hierarchical_section_title: Cottonseed oil / Refining
caption_attribution_description: English: Shows the processes involved in the production of cottonseed oil for consumption from raw product to refined oil.
context_page_description: Cottonseed oil is cooking oil from the seeds of cotton plants of various species, mainly Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium herbaceum, that are grown for cotton fiber, animal feed, and oil.
  Cotton seed has a similar structure to other oilseeds such as sunflower seed, having an oil-bearing kernel surrounded by a hard outer hull; in processing, the oil is extracted from the kernel. Cottonseed oil is used for salad oil, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and similar products because of its flavor stability.
context_section_description: Once the crude oil is extracted, it must be processed and refined before it can be used for consumption, in order to remove impurities, including free fatty acids (FFA), phospholipids, pigments and volatile compounds.
caption: Cottonseed Oil Processing Steps
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