Flaxseed oil, also known as linseed oil, is an oil extracted from the seeds of oil crops flax, which is praised as "plant gold" for brain health. Flaxseed oil is a small variety of edible oil, rich in α -linolenic acid, which is not only safe, but also can improve the serious shortage of α -linolenic acid intake in the usual diet and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Function:

α -linolenic acid can not only improve the nervous system function, but also promote learning and memory, regulate the immune system function, reduce and prevent the occurrence and development of many diseases, and have the effects of prolonging life and delaying aging.

How to eat:

1, low-temperature cooking: used alone or blended with daily edible oil.

2, soup seasoning: add linseed oil to cooked porridge and soup to add color and fresh.

3, skillfully mix cold dishes: use linseed oil to adjust cold dishes and mix salads.

4. Baked cakes: Flaxseed oil is used instead of common cooking oil or cream to bake cakes, which is fragrant and pleasant.

5, mixed eating: directly add linseed oil to yogurt and mix.

6. Take it directly: adults should take 15-20ml daily, and children should reduce it to 5- 10ml at their discretion.

Suitable cooking methods: flaxseed oil has high nutritional value, but low smoke point, and it is very easy to smoke when heated, so it is suitable for cold dishes; However, if linseed oil (a small amount) is mixed with other vegetable oils (a large amount), it can be used for cooking, but pay attention to controlling the oil temperature when cooking, and it should not be too high (it is recommended to put the vegetables quickly when the cold oil or oil in the hot pot surges or waves at the bottom of the pot); Not suitable for frying.

Production technology of linseed oil

1, squeezing method

The pressing method is divided into "cold pressing method" and "hot pressing method".

Hot pressing method: refers to the oil obtained by physically pressing oil crops after high-temperature fire frying or steam frying. It is a relatively traditional pressing process with high oil yield.

Cold pressing method: refers to the vegetable oil squeezed under the condition of low temperature with great pressure of physical machinery, so it is called cold pressing method, and it has not gone through the traditional process of high-temperature frying or steaming, so the oil is still distributed in undeformed protein cells, and it contains very rich inherent components of flaxseed (linolenic acid and other nutrients).

2. Leaching method

The oil produced by leaching process is also called leaching oil, that is, the oil is leached with organic solvents (such as gasoline and ethanol). The leaching method is an oil-making process that uses solvent oil (No.6 light gasoline) to soak the oil raw materials and extract them at high temperature, so that the oil can be extracted.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Linseed Oil

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