refined cottonseed oil
Cottonseed oil in Canada must be pressed from the seed of the Gossypium plant. As a single-source vegetable oil, 100% cottonseed oil must appear as "cottonseed oil" on the labels of any products sold. Cottonseed oil sold as an edible product must be processed and refined to eliminate specific components that could present as a food safety hazard, in particular gossypol, which can act as
Refined cottonseed oil is the only variety you'll find in the grocery store or as an ingredient in processed foods. "There are a lot of different solvents that are used to refine cottonseed oil," says Nielsen. But she notes