From soybean to bottle: how industrial seed oils are actually made
The seed oil debate is exhausting and polarized. This piece sidesteps it entirely and walks through what actually happens to a soybean — and a canola seed — between the field and the bottle. Hexane extraction, degumming, caustic neutralization, bleaching clay, 240°C deodorization, winterization. The process, as it actually works, sourced to FDA, USDA, AOCS, and peer-reviewed references.
- seed-oils
- ingredients
- processing