Listing description
Peanut oil, also known as groundnut oil or arachis
oil, is a mild-tasting vegetable oil derived from peanuts. The oil is available with a strong peanut flavor and aroma, analogous
to sesame oil.
Detailed description
It is often used in Chinese, South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine, both for general cooking, and
in the case of roasted oil, for added flavor. Peanut oil has a high smoke
point relative
to many other cooking oils, so is commonly used for frying foods. Its major
componentfatty acids are oleic
acid (46.8%
as olein), linoleic acid (33.4%
as linolein), and palmitic acid (10.0%
as palmitin).[3] The oil also contains some stearic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid and
other fatty acids.[4]
History
Shortage of whale oil in the
Confederacy made peanut oil an attractive alternative during the Civil War. [6]The oil
had increased use in the United States during World War II, because of war
shortages of
other oils.[7]
According to the USDA data upon
which the following table is based, 100 g of peanut oil contains
17.7 g of saturated
fat, 48.3 g ofmonounsaturated fat, and 33.4 g of polyunsaturated fat.[3]
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Comparative
properties of common cooking fats (per 100 g )
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Type
of fat
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Total
fat(g)
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100
|
11
|
20
|
69
|
||
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100
|
12
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||||
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100
|
16
|
23
|
58
|
||
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100
|
7
|
63
|
28
|
||
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100
|
14
|
73
|
11
|
||
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100
|
15
|
30
|
55
|
||
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Peanut oil
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100
|
17
|
46
|
32
|
|
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100
|
25
|
38
|
37
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71
|
23
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8
|
37
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100
|
39
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45
|
11
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94
|
52
|
32
|
3
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200 °C
(392 °F)
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81
|
51
|
21
|
3
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100
|
86
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6
|
2
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177 °C
(351 °F)
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Allergens and toxins
Most highly refined peanut oils
remove the peanut allergens and have been shown to be safe for "the vast
majority of peanut-allergic individuals".[12] However, cold-pressed peanut oils may not
remove the allergens and thus could be highly dangerous to people with peanut
allergy.[13] Since the degree of processing for any
particular product is often unclear, "avoidance is prudent."[14][15] If quality control is neglected, peanuts
that contain the mold that produces highly toxic aflatoxin can
end up contaminating the oil derived from them.[16]
Other uses
Peanut oil, as with other
vegetable oils, can be used to make soap by the process of saponification.[17] The oil is safe for use as a massage oil.
Peanut researcher George Washington Carver marketed a peanut massage oil.[18][19]
Biodiesel
At the 1900 Paris Exhibition, the Otto
Company, at the request of the French
Government, demonstrated that peanut oil could be used as a source of fuel
for the diesel
engine; this was one of the earliest demonstrations of biodiesel technology.[20]
Suspension agent
Some medicines and vitamins use
arachis oil as a suspension agent.
Packaging details
1KG,2KG AND
50KG
PRICE
$1.52/KG
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