Oils, Edible: Peanut

Oils, Edible Peanut Fire Hazards Flash Point (deg. F) 640 OC 540 CC Flammable Limits in Air (%) Data not available Fire Extinguishing Agents Dry chemical. 

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) oil edible oil, margarine Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) oil edible oil, salad oils Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) oil edible oil, shortening Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) oil effervescent Sodium phosphate effervescent magnesium citrate mfg. 

Solvent Extraction. Extraction processes, used for separating one substance from another, are commonly employed in the pharmaceutical and food processing industries. Oilseed extraction is the most widely used extraction process on the basis of tons processed. Extraction-grade hexane is the solvent used to extract soybeans, cottonseed, com, peanuts, and other oilseeds to produce edible oils and meal used for animal feed supplements. Tight specifications require a narrow distillation range to minimize solvent losses as well as an extremely low benzene content. The specification also has a composition requirement, which is very unusual for a hydrocarbon, where the different components of the solvent must be present within certain ranges (see Exthaction). 

Although soybeans contribute about one-half of the world production of oilseeds, they supply less than one-third of the total edible vegetable fats and oils (Table 11) because of their relatively low oil content. Nonetheless, production of soybean oil exceeds the combined production of cottonseed, peanut, and sunflower seed oils. 

Oil. Most cmde oil obtained from oilseeds is processed further and converted into edible products. Only a small fraction of the total oil from soybeans, cottonseed, peanuts, and sunflower seed is used for industrial (nonedible) purposes. 

Edible Protein Ingredients. As of the mid-1990s only peanuts and soybeans are converted iato proteia iagredients for use ia food products. Peanuts are hydraulically pressed to remove about 55% of the oil and the pressed peanuts are then ground iato flours and sold raw or roasted for use ia baked products, snacks, and confections. 

PET is the plastic used to package the majority of soft drinks. It is also used for some liquor bottles, peanut butter jars, and edible-oil bottles. About one-quarter of plastic bottles are PET. PET bottles can be clear they are tough and hold carbon dioxide well. 

EDIBLE OIL. As commonly used, the term refers to any fatty oil obtained from the flesh or seeds of plants that is used primarily in foodstuffs (margarine, salad dressing, shortening, etc.). Among these are olive, safflower, cottonseed, coconut, peanut, soybean, and com oils, some of which may be hydrogenated to solid form. They vary in degree of... 

On a worldwide basis, as of the early 1980s, the various sources of edible oils, in terms of volume of production, rank as follows Soybeans, 50.3% cottonseed, 16.2% groundnuts (peanuts), 11.4%. sunflower seeds,... 

Oishi et al. (1992) compared the results from classical iodometric PV determinations of edible oils and fats to those using a coulometric detector. Results from each technique expressed as meq active oxygen/kg sample, were consistent with one another. Typical results were sesame oil (4.1), corn oil (8.7), cottonseed oil (14.5), rapeseed oil (33.2), peanut oil (30.5), olive oil (17.0), palm oil (8.9), beef tallow (2.5), and lard (35.0). 

T. Uematsu, L. Parkanyiova, T. Endo, C. Matsuyama, T. Yano, M. Miyahara, H. Sakurai, and J. Pokorny, Effect of the unsaturation degree on browning reactions of peanut oil and other edible oils with proteins under storage and frying conditions, in G, 2002,445 446. 

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