How are canola oil and other vegetable oils processed?
According to the latest statistics, canola is the third most used crop in Canada right after barley and wheat. If we take this fact into consideration, we will understand why the manufacturing process is so quick and producing oil is affordable and easy.
– Oil seeds like cotton, soybean, sunflower and rapeseed are harvested. The majority of these seeds come from plants that are genetically modified to withstand almost limitless amounts of pesticides used on them. So, technically speaking, canola oil is just a genetically altered version of the old rapeseed oil.
In other words, the natural variety of rapeseed is quite toxic, so producers have created a new type of oil that is affordable, simple to grow and almost the same as rapeseed oil. This is how canola was created.
– The pulp of the seed and the oil are placed in a hexane solvent bath and steamed carefully to get even more oil. It’s good to know that hexane is made with the help of crude petroleum oil refining. This is a well-known mild anesthetic.
Breathing high levels of this compound can lead to mild euphoria. After that, individuals feel sleepiness and headaches as well as nausea. Needless to say, this compound is bad for nature because it supports greenhouse effects.
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Theresa Wood
All the recipes look delicious !!!
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thank you so much