Sunflower oil

• Sunflower oil is obtained by pressing sunflower seeds and is a liquid oil
• Around 1570, Spanish seamen shipped the crop from Central America to Europe where it was then used as an ornamental plant.
• European sunflower fields are mostly found in France, Spain, Turkey, Romania, the Ukraine, Russia and Bulgaria.
• Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and North America are some of the countries outside Europe that grow sunflowers.
• Sunflower oil is widely used in the margarine industry and as a frying and edible oil.

High Oleic Sunflower Oil

• This sunflower oil contains a high level of oleic acid which is said to make it even “healthier”.