Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Vegetable oils
- Some fruits and seeds contain a lot of oil.
- These oils can be extracted and used for fuel and for food
- Oils can be seperated from the
crushed plant materiel by using a
centrifuge rather like a spin dryer
getting water out of wet clothes
- Distillation can be used to remove
impurities, water and solvents
- Vegetable oils are
used in food
- They provide a lot of energy
- Useful for fuels
- biodeisel
- They have useful nutrients in them
- They also contain essential fatty acids
- Vegetable oils have higher
boiling points than water so they
can be used to cook foods at a
higher temperature
- Gives a different flavour
- quicker
- However, food
releases more
energy when eaten