Peanut grow naturally in the southern region of the United States. Oil makes up about half of the peanut.
Peanut oil is considered a premium cooking and frying oil because of the pleasant flavor and cost. The oil separated from peanuts maintains the pleasant peanut flavor rather than the meal.
Peanut oil is frequently used in combination with other vegetable oils to make all-purpose cooking oil. Peanut oil is often used for popping popcorn, because its smoking point is 440 to 46o °F. This allows popcorn kernels to be heated and popped before the oil starts smoking and breaking down.
The oil is made by steaming the peanuts to inactive enzymes and often the cellular structure, then pressing them; the oil is then clarified and sometimes refined to remove some of the distinctive flavor and impurities that would lower the smoke point.
Adding peanut oil to the regular diet may lower total cholesterol by 10% and LDL cholesterol by 14%. Monounsaturated fats in peanut oil improve the liver’s ability to remove excess cholesterol from the blood so it won’t clog the arteries.
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