Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean. It is one of the most widely consumed cooking oils. As a drying oil, processed soybean oil is also used as a base for printing inks and oil paints.Soybean oil commercially sold in the markets as cooking, and salad oil. It is also used in the products like margarine and shortenings. Mechanically pressed oil is superior in terms of vitamin E, however, it may compose of free fatty acids and lecithin. Solvent extraction method is widely in practice to extract oil worldwide.
