There is a long history of cottonseed oil utilization going back more than 100 years. This arose along with the cotton plantation in the new world and cottonseed oil dominated the vegetable oil market until the rise of soybean oil and canola oil in the 1950s.
What is the difference between cotton oil and cottonseed oil?
Cotton (Gossypium sp.) is a commercially important annual fiber crop; cottonseed oil (CSO) is an important product extracted from one of the byproducts of cottonseeds. Oil yield varies with cotton species, places, and season when cotton grown and extraction methods used for oil extraction.
How is Cs-O extracted from cottonseed?
CS-O can be extracted from cottonseed (CS) by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), aqueous/solvent extraction (A/SE), aqueous ethanol extraction (A-EE), subcritical water extraction, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SC-CO 2 ), and enzyme-assisted extraction (E-AE).
How much CSO is in cottonseed oil?
Clean and dry cottonseeds are used in oil extraction, and it contains 15¨C20% CSO depending on the quality and varieties. Oil percent is also dependent on weather, growth, and maturity of cottonseed, and oil yield also varies from the season to season and place to place of cottonseed varieties.