soybean oil

noun

plural soybean oils

: a pale yellow drying or semidrying oil that is obtained from soybeans and is used chiefly as a food, in paints, varnishes, linoleum, printing ink, and soap, and as a source of phospholipids, fatty acids, and sterols

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Crush margins refer to the profit margin that processors (or crushers) earn when converting raw soybeans (or other oilseeds) into their derivative products: soybean meal and soybean oil. —

Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025 Seed oils include corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, rice bran oil, peanut oil, grapeseed oil, and cottonseed oil. —

Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2024 Here, soybean oils and glycerin moisturize skin, while lauric acid helps reduce and treat acne-prone skin. —

Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024 The decrease is attributed to a reduction in demand for soybean oil, especially from the biofuels sector. —

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