Is vegetable oil a vegetarian food?

Vegetable oil may be made from a single ingredient or a blend of several. Refined oils are recommended for high-heat frying. Unrefined specialty oils are generally better tasting in salads and other cold dishes.

Oils are extracted from seeds, nuts, and the flesh of fruit, as in the case of olive oil.

Varieties

Vegetable oils include safflower, peanut, corn, soybean, olive, and canola. There are many more and each may have specific uses for fried, baked, or cold-service foods.

Most oils will be available as either refined (lighter in color and bland) or unrefined. Depending on the refining process, oils will have varying smoke points. For high heat cooking, use refined peanut or safflower oil.

Unrefined oils are best as dressings, as an ingredient in marinades, and for low-temperature sautéing. Some of these are a healthier choice and will be full-bodied.

Buying Tips

Most vegetable oils will add no discernible taste in frying. However, peanut oil is one that can impart some flavoring to foods.

For healthier choices, check labels for levels of fats. Avoid those that state “partially hydrogenated” and “saturated.” The “good” fats will be listed as unsaturated, polyunsaturated, or monounsaturated. Canola is at the top of the heart-healthy list as it is the lowest in saturated fats.

Blended oils may not list every ingredient. Generic “cooking oils” are generally soybean-based.

Storage Tips

• These oils do not require refrigeration and may turn cloudy when cold.

• They will be good for about twelve months if stored properly (out of sunlight).

Usage Tips

• Do not use vegetable oil as a dressing.

• When reusing frying oils, remember that the smoke point may be lower than when it is fresh.

• Use extra virgin or extra light olive oils for cooking. Unrefined olive oil will begin to smoke at about 320 degrees F.

Substitution Tips

• Butter, margarine, or lard

• Cooking spray if used as a coating

Culinary uses

See also: Cooking oil

Many vegetable oils are consumed directly, or used directly as ingredients in food - a role that they share with some animal fats, including butter and ghee. The oils serve a number of purposes in this role:

Texture - oils can serve to make other ingredients stick together less.

Flavor - while less-flavorful oils command premium prices, oils such as olive oil or almond oil may be chosen specifically for the flavor they impart.

Flavor base - oils can also "carry" the flavors of other ingredients, since many flavors are present in chemicals that are soluble in oil.

Secondly, oils can be heated, and used to cook other foods. Oils that are suitable for this purpose must have a high flash point. Such oils include the major cooking oils - canola, sunflower oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, linseed oil etc. Some oils, including rice bran oil, are particularly valued in Asian cultures for high temperature cooking, because of their unusually high flash point.

Yes, duh.

Many different parts of plants may yield oil, but commercially, oil is only extracted from the seeds of oilseed plants.

Types of vegetables used:

Soybean

Palm

Rapeseed

Sunflower

Peanut

Cottonseed

Palm Kernel

Olive

Corn

Hazelnut

Sesame

Safflower

Linseed

Rice bran

The ones used for cooking are usually soya, corn peanut, palm, or a blend of oils. Different types yield different results, as they have different boiling points.

The way these oils are extracted can come in two types- chemical or physical.

The chemical way is through using solvent extracts, which produces higher yields and is quicker and less expensive. The most common solvent is a derivative of petroleum, hexane.

The physical way would obviously be through a presser, of which there are many types.

All in all, I think you do not have to worry about it being tainted with animal products; the extraction and production processes are all highly controlled. :)

yes, vegetable oil is a vegetarian food

Yes it is since it came from Vegetables. However, I prefer olive oil.

Vegetable fats and oils are substances composed of triglycerides, derived from plants.

YES, IT'S VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY!

Vegetable oil came from vegetables.

It doesn't have any ingredients that came from animals.

No because some kinds of vegetable oil is used to fry chicken,porkchops,steak and other kind of meats

All fruits are fresh vegetables. A "vegetable" is a plant, any part of which is employed for food.

In the superstore, fruits are usually selected much too soon. Some are rocks, many are bitter. Some of the fruit and vegetables are typical right (zucchini, onions, garlic, lettuce, greens, and a few others) so I'd have to go with vegetables.

yes,but the veg. oil made by onion,garlic or green onion so that is not the vegetarian!