• peanut soybean rapeseed sesame sunflower seeds oil in Cameroon
  • peanut soybean rapeseed sesame sunflower seeds oil in Cameroon
  • peanut soybean rapeseed sesame sunflower seeds oil in Cameroon
  • peanut soybean rapeseed sesame sunflower seeds oil in Cameroon
  • What is sunflower seed?
  • Sunflower seed is a native oilseed in North America. It is grown all over the world and is one of the world’s major oilseeds for cooking oil and biodiesel production. Sunflower seeds contain 8.6% dietary fiber, 21.0% protein and 47.5% crude fat (Morya et al., 2022).
  • Does rapeseed have oleic acid?
  • Specifically, many Rapeseed contain 75% oleic acid. All fatty acids in Rapeseed account for about 90% of the total fatty acid composition. The proportion of oleic acid in Rapeseed oil is higher than that in mustard oil and peanut oil, and the saturated fatty acid content in Rapeseed oil is lower than that in soybean oil and sunflower oil.
  • What is the difference between rapeseed and oilseed proteins?
  • Compared with common nut proteins such as almonds that containing 0.3% Met, 0.7% Lys and 0.7% Thr (Adu et al., 2015), oilseed proteins contain all these three amino acids at higher levels, with rapeseed containing up to 4.4% Thr and sunflower seed containing 1.2% Met, 4.9% Lys and 2.5% Thr (Akande, 2011).
  • Are sesame seeds high in protein?
  • Although they are high in protein (about 17.0%-40.0%) (Achouri et al., 2012, Saatchi et al., 2019), sesame seeds are mainly used for oil extraction, and the by-products are often used as animal feed rather than as a regular source of protein.
  • What is the difference between soybean oil and sesame oil?
  • 1. Main Components of Different Edible Oils According to reports, in the USDA soybean germplasm collection, the highest oil content in seeds is 27.9%, which is relatively lower compared to sesame (60%).
  • Is rapeseed a nutrient?
  • Rapeseed contains anti-nutrients like phytic acid (1%-2%), glucosinolates (10–20 μmol/kg), erucic acid and lectins, which affect their application in human food and animal feed, while sunflower seeds contain low levels of these antinutritional compounds, except phenolic compounds (Arrutia et al., 2020).