Sunflower oil

Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of oilseed crops of oilseed sunflower. It is the most common type of vegetable oil in Russia and Ukraine, which account for 53% of total world production.

Sunflower oil is one of the most important vegetable oils in the territory of the former USSR, which is of great national economic importance. In cooking, it is used for frying and for dressing salads. It is used to produce margarine and cooking oils (by hydrogenation). Sunflower oil is used in the manufacture of canned food, as well as in the soap making and paint and varnish industry. Sunflower oil is part of various ointments. It is often used to lubricate rolling bearings, precision bushings. Sunflower oil has good dielectric properties due to its low water content, there are known examples of the use of sunflower oil for insulation of transformers and multipliers