Many of us always use the edible oil such as peanut oil, soya bean oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, corn oil and lend oil mixed with palm oil. Have you ever use cottonseed oil? Maybe you are not aware of the benefits of cottonseed oil. Due to the high amount of antioxidants, which are essential for good health, cottonseed oil is necessary product for our health. It is rich in vitamin E and low in cholesterol. It is not heavy oil that is the reason it is mostly preferred for baking or preparing food. However, overusing cottonseed oil can have negative effects as it is high-calorie edible oil and contains over 120 calories.

Cottonseed includes hull and kernel, as hull contains fibers and linters, and the kernel is full of protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals and sterols. Cotton seed oil is one of the most unsaturated edible oils. Refined and sterilized with the help of cottonseed oil mill machinery, cottonseed oil becomes one of the cleanest medium for culinary purposes. Like many oils extracted from plants, seeds and nuts, cottonseed oil is free of cholesterol. It is believed to be naturally hydrogenated due to the palmitic, oleic and stearic acids included in it.

Cottonseed oil is an extracted from the seeds of different cotton plants. These plants are mainly grown for cotton fiber, animal feed or oil. They have the same structure as those of sunflower seeds. Cottonseed oil is of light golden color with mild taste, but generally the color of the oil depends on the degree of its refining. Cottonseed oil is primarily used in cuisine for making mayonnaise or as a salad addition. Being cheaper than olive or canola oil, cottonseed oil is used as frying oil in many restaurants and locations of food service. Cottonseed oil mill machinery is used for crushing cottonseed oil seeds thus making it useful for cooking purposes.