Vegetable oils can be classified in several ways, for example:
By source: most, but not all vegetable oils are extracted from the fruits or seeds of plants, and the oils may be classified by grouping oils from similar plants, such as "nut oils".
By use: as described above, oils from plants are used in cooking, for fuel, for cosmetics, for medical purposes, and for other industrial purposes.
The vegetable oils are grouped below in common classes of use.
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1 Edible oils
1.1 Major oils
1.2 Nut oils
1.3 Citrus oils
1.4 Oils from melon and gourd seeds
1.5 Food supplements
1.6 Other edible oils
2 Oils used for biofuel
2.1 Multipurpose oils also used as biofuel
2.2 Inedible oils used only or primarily as biofuel
3 Drying oils