Oil Content Of Different Materials

1. Soybean: oil content is 15%-26%, protein content is 35%-45%. Main planted in USA, Brazil, Argentina, China, India and so on. Soybean oil is one of the important edible oi and the main sources of plant protein in the world, which has a high nutritional value.

2. Rapeseed: rapeseed is a high oil-plant, which can be grown all over the world. It’s enriched in oil (33%-40%), one of the main oil-plant and feed plant in China.

3. Sunflower seeds: sunflower is produced in Mexico. Oil content is 29%-30%. Sunflower seed oil is enriched in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E, which is easily absorbed by the body and decreasing cholesterol.

4. Cottonseed: cottonseed oil is used in salad oil and edible oil, its oil cake can be used as feed. The oil content is about 13%.

5. Sesame: China is one of the countries that produce most sesame in the world. Sesame is a kind of oil-plant with high oil content, which oil yield is 40-70%. White sesame has higher oil content.

6. Peanut: peanut is native to South America, mainly planted in India and China, which is an important oil-plant. Peanuts is enriched in nutritional value, as well fat and protein. Oil content of peanut is 44%-50%.

7. Corn: corn germ oil, which is derived from the corn germ and its oil content is about 30%.