Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides. Soybean oil, grape seed 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 fruits. In common usage, vegetable oil may refer exclusively to vegetable fats which are liquid at room temperature. Vegetable oils are usually edible.
Vegetable oil
extracted from seeds, or less often, from other parts of fruits
Examples
Avocado oil
Edible oil pressed from the pulp of avocados
Candlenut oil
oil from the seed of Aleurites moluccanus
Canola oil
vegetable oil
Chili oil
oil-based condiment infused with chili peppers
Cocoa butter
Fat extracted from cacao seeds, used in chocolate making
Coconut fat
edible oil extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm
Coconut oil
edible oil extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm
Corn oil
oil extracted from the germ of corn (maize)
Extra-virgin olive oil
liquid fat extracted by pressing olives
Mustard oil
oil derived from plants
Olive oil
liquid fat extracted by pressing olives
Perilla oil
Oil from the seeds of the Perilla plant
Rice bran oil
Oil extracted from the hard outer brown layer of rice
Salad oil
Light vegetable oil
Seed oil
extracted from seeds, or less often, from other parts of fruits
Soybean oil
Oil from soybeans
Categories:
Oil
Also known as:
French:
huile végétale
German:
Pflanzenöl
Italian:
olio vegetale
Spanish:
aceite vegetal
Wikidata ID:
Q4739805
Wikipedia title:
Vegetable oil
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