Sesame oil, also known as sesame oil and sesame oil, is extracted from sesame seeds and has a special fragrance, so it is called sesame oil. According to the pressing method, it is generally divided into machine pressed sesame oil and small ground sesame oil, and the small ground sesame oil is traditional craft sesame oil. Some areas also refer to rapeseed oil.

Identification method

Color discrimination method: Pure sesame oil is red or orange-red, the color of machine-pressed sesame oil is lighter than that of small ground sesame oil, the color of sesame oil mixed with rapeseed oil is dark yellow, and the color of cottonseed oil is dark red.

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Water test method: Dip a drop of fragrant oil into the calm and cold water with chopsticks, and the pure sesame oil will show a colorless and transparent thin oil flower. The flower of adulterated sesame oil is small and thick, and it is not easy to spread.

Sniffing method: the fragrance of ground sesame oil is mellow, rich and unique. If peanut oil, soybean oil, refined oil and rapeseed oil are mixed, it will not only have poor fragrance, but also have other smells such as peanuts and beany smell. Some sesame oils are blended with edible essence, which has a poor sense of smell.

Through the above introduction, what kind of oil is sesame oil? It is also sesame oil, so you can choose such oil with confidence. However, it should be noted that when purchasing such oil, you should also distinguish it, so that it can be safer when using it.