sunflower oil
oil pressed from the seed of Helianthus annuus
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Summary
sunflower oil is a food ingredient[1]. It draws 3,333 Wikipedia views per month (food ingredient category, ranking #33 of 98).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Daniil Bokarev[3]
- Instance of: vegetable oil[4]
- Made from material: sunflower seed[5]
- Subclass of: cooking oil[6], seed oil[7]
- Has use: paint[8], dressing[9], frying[10], human nutrition[11]
- Commons category: Sunflower oil[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1829[13]
- Natural product of taxon: common sunflower[14]
- Carbon footprint: 1.8 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram[15]
- Water footprint: 6792 cubic metre per ton[16], 1356 cubic metre per ton[17]
Why It Matters
sunflower oil has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]