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  Cottonseed oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant after the cotton lint has been removed.
Cottonseed oil in its natural unhydrogenated state has no cholesterol and does not contain trans fatty acids.
Cottonseed oil is commonly used in manufacturing potato chips and other snack foods.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cottonseed_oil   (272 words)

  
 Vegetable oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like all fats, vegetable oils are esters of glycerin and a varying blend of fatty acids, and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
The remaining oil is deodorized by heating under a near-perfect vacuum and sparged with water.
Margarine oils need to be mostly solid at 90F so that the margarine does not melt in warm rooms, yet it needs to be completely liquid at 98F, so that it doesn't leave a "lardy" taste in the mouth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vegetable_oil   (1541 words)

  
 Multi Commodity Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cottonseed is a by-product of the cotton plant, which is primarily grown for its fibre.
Cottonseed is the second most commonly produced oilseed in the world just slightly ahead of rapeseed averaging one-fourth that of soybeans in the same period.
However, cottonseed oil falls to about fourth or fifth in the world production of oils, due to the relatively low amount of oil in the seed (about 18%) and to the great amount of cottonseed, which is fed unprocessed to cattle, especially dairy cattle.
www.mcxindia.com /cottonseed.aspx   (608 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Cottonseed oil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cottonseed oil is genetically engineered and DNA-altered with Arabidopsis bacterium, and viruses, to be able to withstand large applications of the chemical pesticide bromoxynil.
Cottonseed oil was always considered a waste by product (so was fluoride) it is now the second most common Hydrogenated oil used in foods (soy is the most common).
Cottonseed Oil is inexpensive because it is a “waste byproduct” of thecotton processing industry, which like the Aluminum industry can now sell what it used to have to pay to get ridof.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cottonseed-oil   (675 words)

  
 Cottonseed Cooking Oil - A Health Benefit
Cottonseed oil was the original American vegetable oil and, in fact, maintained a pre-eminent position on the United States oil scene from the mid 1800's until soybean oil's phenomenal growth years, beginning in the 1950's.
Cottonseed oil's fortunes have long ebbed and flowed with the demand for cotton fiber and cotton in textiles.
Cottonseed oil, with its excellent bland to slightly nutty taste, is often used as a standard when comparing other oils.
www.oilseedssf.com /products/prod_cott.html   (297 words)

  
 NCPA, National Cottonseed Products Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When raw cottonseed moves from the gin to a cottonseed oil mill, it is made up of three parts: Linters, which are short fibers still clinging to the seed; hulls, a tough, protective coating for the kernel; and the protein and oil rich kernel itself.
Cottonseed meal is used in animal feeds as a high protein supplement.
Cottonseed oil is seen by the food industry as a premium oil and, as such, is eagerly sought by prepared food makers.
www.agroinfo.org /usa/cottonseed/about2.htm   (232 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: COTTONSEED INDUSTRY
Cottonseed, which is separated from cotton lint in the ginning process, is considered a separate crop because of its distinctive uses and economic importance.
Cottonseed oil, produced from the meat of the seed, is further refined for use in shortening, mayonnaise, salad oil, cooking oil, and margarine, as well as cosmetics, nitroglycerine, composition roofing, and other products.
Cottonseed oil remained the most important component of the seed, being used extensively as a cooking oil and in a wide range of food products.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/drc4.html   (3759 words)

  
 ALL ABOUT OILS
Many oils come from plants that are sprayed with pesticides, which are usually fat-soluble, and thus concentrate in the oil portion of the plant.
Cottonseed oil is one of the most widely used oils, added to many processed foods, such as cereals and potato chips.
Oils are an important part of a balanced diet because, besides being a rich source of energy, they provide essential fatty acids which are the building blocks for cell membranes, especially cells in growing brains.
www.askdrsears.com /html/4/T043800.asp   (2882 words)

  
 FOSFA | Association for international trading in oils, fats and oilseeds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cottonseed oil was the first vegetable oil used in the United States and its development followed by several decades the 1793 invention of the cotton gin.
Cottonseed oil is a versatile oil prized by chefs for its unique ability to allow the flavour of foods to come through.
Noted as a slightly nutty or buttery flavoured oil, cottonseed oil is well regarded for its ability to avoid overpowering the flavour of foods and its composition prevents an unpleasant greasiness on food.
www.fosfa.org /resources/res_seeds_cotton2.htm   (607 words)

  
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Sunflowerseed oil exports, which may bear the brunt of the impending shortage, are expected to drop to half of their 2001/02 volume of 465 million pounds.
However, nearly all of the additional cottonseed crushed and cottonseed oil generated were used in the producing countries, with few supplies supplementing international trade.
Negligible quantities of rapeseed oil and sunflowerseed oil were imported, as they became less price-competitive because of an import duty structure that favored soybean oil and crude palm oil.
usda.mannlib.cornell.edu /reports/erssor/field/ocs-bby/ocs2002f.asc   (13392 words)

  
 Cotton seed oil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cotton is grown primarily for the fibers or lint, but the oil containing seeds are highly important.
In extracting the oil the seeds are cleaned, delinted, and pressed or put through expellers either whole or after dehulling.
The meal or press cake is a valuable high-protein livestock feed and the cotton fields, after the harvest, may be used for livestock pasturage.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/Crops/Cotton_seed_oil.html   (211 words)

  
 Situation and Outlook Report: Oil Crops: Outlook for other oil crops - cottonseed, peanuts, sunflowers, corn oil - U.S. ...
With larger beginning stocks, total cottonseed supplies of 7.4 million tons are expected to surpass a forecast increase in use, leading to a further buildup in stocks.
Prices in the cottonseed complex are expected to react to the larger crop and the general abundance of oilseed in the U.S. market this year.
Oil prices fell sharply this year and are expected to average between 17 and 21 cents per pound.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3819/is_1992_Jan/ai_12034569   (1408 words)

  
 Cottonseed Oil - Definition and Characteristics
Cottonseed Oil is a widely used vegetable oil that is--like olive oil and peanut oil--high in monounsaturated fat.
Cottonseed oil is used in some margarines and salad dressings and is often mixed with other oils to create vegetable oil products.
Cottonseed Oil is the edible oil pressed from cottonseeds.
www.soaperschoice.com /soapoils/cottonseedoil.html   (99 words)

  
 Cotton's Journey - COTTONSEED OIL
Cottonseed oil enhances, rather than masks, the fresh natural flavors of foods.
Toward the end of its useful life, cottonseed oil won't produce objectional flavors as some oils will.
Cottonseed oil has a 2:1 ratio of ployunsaturated to saturated fatty acids.
www.cottonsjourney.com /Products/info.asp?uid=87   (93 words)

  
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Indian imports of palm oil in 2003/04 are forecast declining 7 percent to 3.7 million tons, while soybean oil imports are seen slipping 5 percent to 1.5 million.
By May 2003, a tight domestic oil supply led the government to lower the duty rates on imports for refined palm oil and palm olein as well as the reference import prices for crude soybean oil (to $537) and crude palm oil (to $390).
For Russia, a bumper sunflowerseed harvest lessened that country’s 2002/03 imports of soybean oil and palm oil.
usda.mannlib.cornell.edu /reports/erssor/field/ocs-bby/ocs2003t.txt   (12511 words)

  
 Cotton's Journey - The Story of Cotton - COTTON SEED
The prepared meats are conveyed to the extractor and washed with hexane (organic solvent that dissolves out the oil) removing up to 98% of the oil.  This hexane-oil mixture is called miscella.
Crude cottonseed oil requires further processing before it may be used for food.  The first step in this process is refining.
Cottonseed oil is used in several products.  Depending on its stage of refinement, it can be used in snack foods, mayonnaise, margarine, baking or frying oils, explosives, cosmetics, rubber, soap, insecticides and many other products.  Foodstuff cottonseed oil has superior nutritive qualities and is on the American Heart Association's list of "okay foods".
www.cottonsjourney.com /Storyofcotton/page7.asp   (348 words)

  
 The 2006-2011 World Outlook for Crude Cottonseed Oil
It is for this definition of crude cottonseed oil that the aggregate latent demand estimates are derived.
Based on the aggregate view of crude cottonseed oil as defined above, data were then collected for as many similar countries as possible for that same definition, at the same level of the value chain.
Another way of looking at this is to say that latent demand for crude cottonseed oil is more likely to be similar across countries that have similar characteristics in terms of economic development (i.e., African countries will have similar latent demand structures controlling for the income variation across the pool of African countries).
www.marketresearch.com /redirect.asp?productid=1104735&progid=3603   (2840 words)

  
 Fertile Heart Articles - Cottonseed Oil
The latest research suggests that Gossypol, a potent male contraceptive found in cottonseed, may harm the Sertoli cells that are crucial for healthy sperm creation.
Two Chinese studies have looked at the relationship between cotton and infertility: one study showed a correlation between ingesting raw cottonseed oil and male infertility; the other showed that rural cotton farmers were more likely to be infertile than the general rural population.
Cottonseed oil is used in many processed foods, so check your ingredients carefully.
www.fertileheart.com /articles/p.ar.cottonseed.html   (213 words)

  
 cottonseed oil on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Cottonseed Oil Prices Stay Firm Because of Cotton Crop Damage.
Cottonseed Oil Remains Soft From World Glut for Edible Oils.
Cottonseed Oil Market Promises Slight Near- Term Improvements.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-cottonse.asp   (161 words)

  
 Fries Fried in Cottonseed Oil Emerge Lower in Trans Fat - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
They heated cottonseed oil, canola oil and soybean oil to 177° C for eight hours per day and fried six 2 kg batches of French fries per day for five consecutive days.
The initial trans-fatty acid content of fresh cottonseed oil was 0.1% versus 30.1% in canola oil and 19.1% in soybean oil.
Although the cottonseed cooked fries also had higher levels of saturated fatty acids, which can also increase cholesterol, the authors still stand by cottonseed oil as the healthier choice.
www.medpagetoday.com /PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/tb/2244   (747 words)

  
 Microthought # 5: Cottonseed Oil
It seems that all of them have fat including the best one of all which is Olive oil (the oil of God's people).
Cattle farmers used to feed cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal to cattle.
Most people never think of the potential danger present in cottonseed oil because of the chemicals sprayed on the plant while it's growing.
home.wnm.net /~charliea/cottonseedoil.htm   (674 words)

  
 Cottonseed oil claims role in healthiness
Oilseeds industries are facing tough competition these days, with oil prices at low levels and a health-conscious society prompting many of them to undergo breeding and genetic engineering efforts to improve the composition of their oils.
What the public doesn't know is that cottonseed oil already has many of the health and taste attributes all the other oils are striving for.
Most of those foreign countries are looking for cheaper oil and cottonseed oil has usually commanded somewhat of a premium over soy in the commodity market, according to Kinard.
westernfarmpress.com /mag/farming_cottonseed_oil_claims/index.html   (1050 words)

  
 In the Kitchen With Mother Linda: The Rise and Fall of Crisco
Crisco, initially made with hydrogenated cottonseed oil, is the quintessential imitation food, and the first to make its way into American kitchens.
Not content with using hardened cottonseed oil for soaps, and mindful that electrification was forcing the candle business into decline, PandG looked for other markets for their new product.
After a fair bit of investigation and inspiration, she found a common denominator was that they had all been fried in cottonseed oil.
www.westonaprice.org /motherlinda/fats_crisco.html   (1174 words)

  
 Agricultural Research: New solvent for cottonseed oil processing
The shortage of oil for soaps, food, and explosives during World War I prompted the use of petroleum-based solvents to get more oil from the seeds.
Each year, 1.4 billion pounds of cottonseed oil are consumed, and their main use is in snack-making.
"Cottonseed oil is considered the 'gold standard' for frying potato chips," says Scott Sanford, who is with the USDA's Economic Research Service.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3741/is_n8_v44/ai_18622396   (544 words)

  
 AOCS > About Us
In May 1909 nine men attending the 13th Annual Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' Association Meeting agreed to form an organization to meet each year to exchange ideas and information relating to oil and fat chemistry--AOCS was formed.
This is the first time on record that cottonseed oil has taken first place in the margarine production and is the first time since 1919 that coconut oil has not held the lead.
The taste panel identified cottonseed oil interesterified with linolenic acid as a soybean oil.
www.aocs.org /about/history.asp   (945 words)

  
 ARS | Publication request: Cottonseed Oil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Interpretive Summary: Cottonseed oil was the edible oil standard in the United States for a long time before it was overtaken by soybean oil in the 1950's and later exceeded by oils from other sources.
Technical Abstract: Cottonseed oil was the edible oil standard in the United States for a long time before it was overtaken by soybean oil in the 1950's and later exceeded by oils from other sources.
A summary of the historical accounts in processing of cottonseed, refining and utilization of cottonseed oil and their future trends is given in this review article.
ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=123457   (272 words)

  
 Food Facts & Trivia: Cottonseed Oil
Cottonseed oil, extracted from cotton seeds, is used in some margarines and in commercially made salad dressing.
The ancient Chinese used the oil as a medicine and a lamp oil.
Until the middle of the 19th century when cottonseed oil production began, so much cotton seed was left over from cotton production, that it was considered a health problem.
www.foodreference.com /html/fcottonseedoil.html   (232 words)

  
 Cottonseed Oil
In snack foods, where oil becomes part of the products, cottonseed oil is recognized as superior because of its low flavor reversion, especially when used at high temperatures.
And, toward the end of its useful life, cottonseed oil won’t produce objectionable flavors as some oils do.
Another benefit of cottonseed oil is the high level of antioxidants (Vitamin E) that contribute to its long life in the cooker or on the shelf.
www.foodingredientsonline.com /Content/ProductShowcase/product.asp?DocID={50DA192A-9FAF-11D3-9A71-00A0C9C83AFB}&VNETCOOKIE=NO   (126 words)

  
 AsiaInfo Services: CHINA SEES BOOMING COTTONSEED OIL MARKET@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
There were barely sales in the area.The rise of the cottonseed oil price in Xingtai City has greatly affected cottonseed oil price here.
Though buyers are keen to buy cottonseed oil, the price of is unacceptable.
The rise in cottonseed oil price resulted from the rise in cottonseed price.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:92478074&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (208 words)

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