Cotton is mainly used for its fiber. However, the seeds are used to extract cottonseed oil. This means that the production of this oil is totally dependent on the production of the fiber.
Being among the most unsaturated oils, it still is one of the preferred oils by dietists.
- Transparency: clarifying and transparent
- Odor: bland and sweet-smelling
- Color: Yellow 35 Red 5.0
- Acid Value: =< 0.30
- Moisture & Volatile matter: 0.05
- Infusible Impurities: 0.05
- Residual solvent content in oil: nothing( Free )
- Total fatty acid: 99.06g/100g
- Saturated fatty acid: 21.58g/100g
- Single unsaturated fatty acid: 11.81g/100g
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid: 61.31g/100g
- Cholesterol: Nothing( Free )
- Vitamin A: 0.023mg/100g
- Vitamin E: 107mg/100g