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Vegetable oil
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<p>Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are <a href="/facts/Oil/fsgX2IRM">oils</a> extracted from seeds or from other parts of <a href="/facts/Edible_plant/pjrcNmsV">edible plants</a>. Like <a href="/facts/Animal_fat/0NVAUT1p">animal fats</a>, vegetable fats are <i>mixtures</i> of <a href="/facts/Triglyceride/BQmjv4A0">triglycerides</a>. <a href="/facts/Soybean_oil/I9NzorzT">Soybean oil</a>, <a href="/facts/Grape_seed_oil/nz49QCBT">grape seed oil</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cocoa_butter/QYplogvG">cocoa butter</a> are examples of <a href="/facts/Seed_oil/9LMP9pr2">seed oils</a>, or fats from seeds. <a href="/facts/Olive_oil/ae1Qnt2I">Olive oil</a>, <a href="/facts/Palm_oil/n8zHXqoG">palm oil</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rice_bran_oil/RCk9UbaC">rice bran oil</a> are examples of fats from other parts of plants. In common usage, vegetable <i>oil</i> may refer exclusively to vegetable fats which are liquid at room temperature. Vegetable oils are usually edible. </p>