Rape Seed Oil

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Also known as:  Rapeseed Oil

 

Description

Rape Seed Oil is a type of Plant Oil extracted from the seeds of the Rape plant.

 

Botanical Name

 Brassica napus

 The Rape plant is from the Cabbage (Cruciferae) family.

 

Rape Seed Oil Contains these Substances  note

(mg of Substance per 100 grams)

Fatty Acids comprise 30% of the total weight of Rape Seeds.

 

 

A low Erucic Acid form of Rape Seed known as Canola has now been developed due to speculation that Erucic Acid could be detrimental - it  is noteworthy that Erucic Acid has been vindicated from the toxic effects which commercial manufacturers of Canola Oil espouse.

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