Multiple Benefits of Consuming Soybean Oil

Author Name: Dishit Nathwani

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Best Soybean Oil

Soybean oil is widely used vegetable oil. Used most commonly for cooking, soybean oil is also used as a base for oil paints and as a component in industrial lubricant and gasoline. As the name implies, this oil is extracted from the soybean legume, which is common in many parts of the USA and East Asia. Soybean oil is a global market leader among vegetable oils, second only to palm oil.

One of the best versions of this oil is organic soybean oil. Organic soybean oil is made from certified organic soybeans, which are grown without pesticides or any genetic modification. However, organic soybean oil is not as popularly used as conventional soybean oil. There are multiple reasons for this, including a lack of suppliers, lower yield, and that most organic soybean producers use the bean to make meals as animal feed. However, the organic version is the best soybean oil.

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Despite organic oil being the best soybean oil, the most commonly used type is conventional soybean oil. Regardless of growing method of its beans, conventional soybean oil is a very popular cooking oil, and also has some health benefits:

Benefits of Soybean Oil

Easily available:

Due to its high production, soybean oil is easily available almost anywhere in the world. You can also find multiple brands selling soybean oil online, both organic and conventional varieties. ·        

Affordable:

Due to its availability, soybean oil is noticeably cheaper than options like olive or sesame oil. Unlike many products, producers even accept bulk orders of soybean oil online on their websites, without any brokers or vendors. ·         

Taste and smell:

The smell of soybean oil used to be a concern in the earlier days, but now that its distillation and refinement process has been improved, the oil is completely odorless and does not cause any unpleasant smells in the room when it is used for cooking. As for its taste, soybean oil today is completely bland and does not contribute any flavor to the dish when it is used for cooking. Unlike olive or coconut oils, soybean oil leaves no aftertaste. ·         

Versatility:

Soybean oil has a thin consistency that ensures that the dishes cooked with it will not be too heavy with oil. This factor, combined with its lack of flavor, odor and aftertaste, make soybean oil a perfect candidate for most dishes. As it is a thin oil, it can be used raw, as a salad dressing. It can also be used for dishes that require frying, roasting and baking. This versatility makes sense when you consider that it is used as the go-to oil for cuisines all over the world.

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Health Benefits:

• Soybean oil has a lot of fatty acids that lower the risk of heart problems when compared to saturated fats.
• Soybean oil also has a suitably high smoke point of 230°C, which means that cooking methods that require higher temperatures like roasting, can be safely carried out without danger of free radical creation. Also, many of the nutrients in oils break down when the oil is past its smoke point. In soybean oil, that point is very high, so the nutrients remain as they are.
• Soybean oil is also known for its large quantities of Omega 3 fatty acids, known to have a host of its own benefits, ranging from immunity building, maintaining cholesterol and heart health, and controlling diabetes. Along with these many benefits, the dangers of soybean oil are also important. Though soybean oil is mostly safe, there are a few factors to keep in mind: ·         

Along with Omega 3, soybean oil also has Omega 6 fatty acids, which can be dangerous if consumed excessively. 

Many animal studies also indicate that using soybean oil is harmful to animals, though there is no evidence to suggest that this is also applicable to humans.