Vegetable oil is extra refined than olive oil, and due to this, there are a number of extra steps concerned within the course of. “First, the fruit or seeds have to be planted, harvested, and cleaned. Subsequent, the oil is extracted by mechanical or chemical extraction. The vast majority of vegetable oils are made by chemical or ‘solvent’ extraction, which generally includes heating the seeds and mixing them with a solvent known as hexane. The oil then undergoes the refining, bleaching, and deodorizing (RBD) processes to create a constant, shelf-stable, neutral-flavor product,” says Shapiro.Â
