What is Cottonseed oil

Cottonseed oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. Cottonseed is used to produce cottonseed oil. Once refined, cottonseed oil can be used in food, and cottonseed meal is generally used as animal feed. Cottonseed oil contains about 24% palmitic acid of which only 2% is present at SN2. After randomization one third of the palmitic acid of cottonseed oil is at SN2. A new study from Texas Woman’s University shows that cottonseed oil consumption significantly increases vitamin E intake without increasing fat intake. According to some researches, cottonseed oil and its derivatives may play vital roles in helping people live healthier lives and in curing diseases now and in the future.