What is Cold Pressed Oil?

Oil is an inevitable part of your kitchen. While different people and cultures use different types of oil, the fact is that almost all the cooking in a household features the use of oil.

Oils are generally extracted from seeds, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Be it mustard oil, olive oil, or sesame oil, the oil you use decides the taste in your food along with each oil’s nutrient quantity.

The oil that we use every day is extracted from its source in two major ways: cold pressed, and heat pressed. And, scientists have found that the former offers a host of health benefits over the other. Let’s understand more about cold pressed oil and its health benefits. Take a look:

What Is Cold Pressed Oil?

Pressing oil is the common way to extract it from seeds, or nuts. In the cold pressed process, these seeds and nuts are placed in an industrial hydraulic press that grinds the nuts and seeds to extract oil from them.

These hydraulic presses come in different shapes and sizes and can be used either at homes or at big restaurants. The process of cold pressing oil generally involves the use of evening primrose oil. The primrose oil clubs with the oil that comes out from the nuts and seeds and adds a lot of nutritional value to it.

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Uses Of Cold Pressed Oil

The major use of cold pressed oil is in cooking. Cold pressed olive oil is perhaps the most popular option for cooking that offers a high nutritional value as compared to other hot pressed oils. In fact, all the oils that we majorly use in our kitchens like olive oil, canola oil, and sesame oil can be extracted using the cold pressed method.

Cold pressed oils can also be great as bio pesticides, especially, the cold pressed neem oil.

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Health Benefits Of Cold Pressed Oil

By now, you must have understood that cold pressed oil is a great variant for cooking. And, it comes with a host of health benefits too. Studies have shown that cold pressed oil primed with evening primrose oil has high level of antioxidants. Unlike other oils, cold pressed oils don't result in the formation of cholesterol in the body.

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Moreover, because there has been no to less heat applied to the oil in its extraction process, the oil generally burns slowly, thus adding a low amount of carbon in the food.

Apart from being a great option for cooking, cold pressed mustard oil is great for massage purposes as well.

So, there you have it. All you had to know about cold pressed oil and its health benefits. If you found this article informative, let us know in the comments below.

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