What are the types of plant oils?

There are many types of plant oils, the common ones are peanut oil, olive oil, canola oil, corn oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, and so on. The following article will introduce the types of plant oils.

Here is the content list：

l Peanut oil

l Corn oil

l Olive oil

l Sunflower oil

l Fragrance oil

Peanut oil

Peanut oil is light yellow and bright in color, fragrant and rich in aroma, and is a kind of plant oil that many people like. Peanut oil is expensive, from an economic point of view, mainly suitable for stir-frying, cold dishes, stuffing, frying, deep-frying, and other cooking methods because it is more oil, with peanut oil is too much waste. Because the aroma of peanut oil is too rich, some of the lighter tastes of stir-fry dishes, steamed dishes, cold dishes, etc., also try not to use peanut oil.

Corn oil

In recent years, corn oil has become more and more popular, and is a kind of plant oil that has replaced peanut oil to become the first family cooking oil. Corn germ contains more fats, including unsaturated fatty acids than peanut oil, and corn oil does not contain cholesterol, which is the biggest advantage of corn oil. Compared to peanut oil, corn oil has a lighter aroma and smells almost odorless, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage of corn oil. Affordable and cost-effective makes corn oil particularly cheap to use, suitable for stir-frying, braising, stewing, frying, not suitable for stuffing, cold.

Olive oil

This plant oil originated from the Mediterranean Sea, once it entered our country, it quickly became the object of many beauty lovers and has the reputation of "Queen of Plant oil". The most important feature of olive oil is that it is extracted by the natural cold pressing method, and the nutrients contained in it are kept intact, containing almost all the vitamins and most of the fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids. Olive oil has a low "smoke point" and is mainly used in salads and vegetable salads.

Sunflower oil

Sunflower oil is light-colored plant oil with light yellow color and fragrant smell, its fragrance is comparable to peanut oil and its nutrition is comparable to olive oil, it contains almost all vitamins and linoleic acid is its main unsaturated fatty acid. Overall, sunflower oil is relatively moderate, with the advantages of various plant oils, but not too outstanding, the application is similar to peanut oil.

Sesame oil

Sesame oil, a kind of plant oil that is also known as sesame oil, sesame oil, the color of sesame oil is affected by the degree of frying of sesame seeds when extracted, and the color is brownish red and dark yellow. The most important feature of sesame oil is the strong aroma, so it is mainly used for cold dishes, soup dishes, and stuffing when the final blend, mainly to play the role of fragrance, the amount of less, is the finishing touch of rich and fragrant plant oil.

5 different plant oils, to understand the characteristics and uses of each. Friends, which one of these 5 plant oils do you like the most? Which plant oil do you still not have at home? Please leave your comments.