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COTTONSEED OIL
- Cottonseed oil is cooking oil from the seeds of cotton plants of various species that are grown for cotton fiber, animal feed, and oil.
- Cotton seed has a similar structure to other oilseeds such as sunflower seed, having an oil-bearing kernel surrounded by a hard outer hull; in processing, the oil is extracted from the kernel.
- Cottonseed oil is used for salad oil, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and similar products because of its flavor stability.
- Cottonseed oil has traditionally been used in foods such as potato chips.
- It is a popular frying oil for the restaurant and snack-food manufacturing industries.
- It is also used in the production of edible food products such as cooking oils, salad oils, margarines and shortenings.
