Soybean oil is the natural oil extracted from whole soybeans. It is the most frequently consumed oil in the united states, accounting for nearly 75 percentage of our total vegetable oil intake. Oil sold in the grocery store under the generic name “vegetable oil” is usually 100 percent soybean oil. But “vegetable oil” isn’t always soy oil. Be sure to read the label to make sure cooking oils don’t contain fats that are highly saturated like palm kernel oil or coconut oil. Soybean Oil is also used by the food industry in a variety of products including mayonnaise, coffee creamers, margarine, sandwich spreads and salad dressings. Use soybean oil in any recipe that calls for vegetable oil .Soybean oil is light in flavour and has almost no odour. Cooking with soybean oil allows the flavour of other food in a recipe to shine through. Soybean oil also has a high smoking point: 440OF. It won’t fill your kitchen with smoke when you are frying at high temperatures.
Cold pressed unrefined (virgin) soybean oil is manufactured from non Genetically Modified Soybeans and double filtered through another unique filtering process to remove gums and suspended impurities. Refining is a process that removes the bioactive components in edible oils. Total refining process includes several chemical treatment at different stages of refining deteriorating the level of vitamins, essential fatty acids etc. Chemical preservatives are then added. Some refined oils even add methyl silicone which acts as a defoamer. Hexane is also used to retrieve the oil that remains in the cake. Therefore, refined oil is colorless, odorless and devoid of free fatty acids and flavors. Unlike refined oils, expeller processing extracts oil from seeds by using mechanical friction. No chemicals are used in the entire process manufacture and the oil left in its virgin form. This process saves the natural vitamins and also is rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6fatty acids which are known to prevent heart disease and maintains the blood cholesterol level.
The unique 4-stage expulsion process and 2-stage filtration process is carried out on a mechanical expeller. This type of oils popular in the US and Europe made from the same mechanical expulsion principle and sold as virgin soybean oil. Like all vegetable oils, Cold Pressed Soybean oil is cholesterol- free. It is also low in saturated fat. Cold pressed soy bean oil has a unique blend of two types of fatty acids called omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids. The omega-3 fatty acids in cold pressed soy bean oil are similar to the type of fat found in fish oil, which has been shown to support better heart health.
The omega-3 fatty acids improve heart function by providing greater variability between beats, therefore reducing the risk of arrhythmia and/or n sudden death. Dr Fernando Holguin, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA said taking a daily supplement of expelled soybean oil may help reduce the risk of suffering an adverse cardiovascular event, such as arrhythmia or sudden death, especially in persons with known cardiovascular disease or at increased risk for it, such as those with lipid disorders, advanced age, hypertension, a history of smoking, and family history of heart disease.
Health experts suggest that consumers should get no more than 30 percent of their calories from fat. Hens choosing fats to cook with, it is important to choose fats that are high in polyunsaturated and/or monounsaturated fatty acids, which help to reduce blood cholesterol. Cold pressed soy bean oil is high in polyunsaturated fat and has all the above qualities of the best soybean oil.
# | Constituent | In gms |
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1. | K/Cal | 900 |
2. | Protein (g) | 0 |
3. | carbohydrate (g) | 0 |
4. | Fiber (g) | 0 |
5. | Fat (g) | - |
6. | Saturates | 15 |
7. | Monosaturates | 23 |
8. | Polysatuates | 62 |
9. | Sodium | 0 |