Peanuts

Peanuts, also known as peanuts, is a kind of dicotyledonous plant, its seed is the peanut, after peeling it can be eaten, the outer coat of the peanut is mostly hemp dotted, and the seed kernel inside is mostly red, and after removing the red coat the flesh is white, which is particularly high in nutritive value, and it also has excellent health care effects.

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Oil crops in the peanut oil rate is much higher than other oil crops, oil rate of up to 45% -50%, while the soybean is 14% -16%, even if it is genetically modified soybeans, the rate of oil is about 18%. The relative content of oleic acid in peanuts is as high as 50% or more, and oleic acid is beneficial to human cardiovascular health, and has a lowering effect on the body's high blood cholesterol and harmful cholesterol, without affecting or relatively raising beneficial cholesterol.

China is the world's largest consumer of peanut oil. 2002-2005 data statistics global peanut oil production of about 5.2 million tons per year, China 2002-2005 peanut oil production of 2.2-2.3 million tons per year, China accounted for nearly 40%. During the same period, China's annual consumption of peanut oil 1.85-1.9 million tons. From the figures, China is the world's largest consumer of peanut oil.