There is a general distinction between refined hot-pressed and virgin cold-pressed sunflower oil. Due to different production processes, they have different properties. Refined sunflower oil, for example, is more heat-resistant.
Sunflower oil also occurs in mixed oils. These consist mainly of sunflower oil mixed with other oils, such as olive or rapeseed oil. Mixed oils are usually cheaper and often more heat-resistant than pure sunflower oil.
There is also a special type of sunflower oil: the so-called high-oleic sunflower oil. This oil is made from the seeds of a certain sunflower variety that have a particularly high oleic acid content. High-oleic oil is therefore very heat-stable and therefore well suited as a frying oil.