Herbaceous oilseed crop seeds can extract oils and fats for edible, industrial and pharmaceutical raw materials, with high oil content, wide planting area, large output scale and other advantages, accounting for about 90% of the global oilseed production, is the main raw material for edible oil and industrial oils and fats. The protein and other nutrients left over from the oil extraction are both a good producer of food and a good refined feed and fertilizer. Check it out with Sbike Encyclopedia! (Top)
The main herbs are soybeans, peanuts, rapeseed, sesame seeds, castor, sunflower, suzi, oil salvia and so on. Fibrous crops, such as cotton, flax, hemp and other seeds also contain a lot of oil.
broad bean
Broad beans: the earliest cultivated beans of mankind, one of the most important crops in the world, one of the world's top 5 oil crops, and the world's 3rd most important winter edible bean crop. It is a small multigrain with high nutritional value and is rich in sugar, minerals, vitamins, calcium and iron. It has important value in life, which can be used as a traditional ration, but also a modern green food and a nutritional health food.
rapeseed
Rapeseed: It is very similar to green vegetables, it is difficult to distinguish, but it is not different, and the individual is slightly larger, and the form, taste, and use are also slightly different. Can be eaten as a vegetable, the texture is crisp and tender, slightly bitter, contains a variety of nutrients, rich in vitamin C. The flowers are yellow, edible when the buds are not released, the blooming period is still a spectacular and beautiful landscape, rapeseed can be pressed for oil, is one of the world's top 5 oil crops.
sunflower seed
Sunflower Seeds: Delicious and one of the most popular casual snacks in the world. Eating a handful of sunflower seeds a day can meet the body's needs for vitamin E for a day. In addition, it is good for calming mood, preventing cellular aging, and preventing adult diseases. One of the world's top five oilseeds, the yield is second only to soybeans, one of the most important oil crops.
sesame
Sesame: The seeds of the crop flax, known as the crown of eight grains, are high-quality accessories for making a variety of foods and delicacies, and have always been famous all over the world. The oil content of the seeds is as high as 55%, which is the leader of the four major edible oil crops in the mainland, and the oil extracted is called sesame oil, flax oil, sesame oil, the smell is mellow, raw food, cooked food can be.
peanut
Peanuts: One of the most popular and common nut snacks in the world, and one of the most important ingredients for edible oil. Blossoms on the ground and bear fruit underground. The oil yield of peanuts is much higher than that of other oil crops, up to 45-50%, and peanuts can also be used as raw materials for cosmetics such as soap and hair oil. Peanut protein content of 25-35%, nutritional value is second only to soy protein.
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