The ethanolic extraction of oil from sunflower collets was studied and compared with previous data where hexane was used as extraction solvent. First, the extractive power of ethanol was determined by Soxhlet. It gave a higher yield of extracted material, whose content of soluble hexane components (oil phase) was similar to that obtained with n-hexane. When ethanol was used as solvent, 70% less crystallizable waxes and at least 38% more tocopherols and phospholipids were extracted. In addition, ethanol showed great ability to extract sugar, mainly raffinose and sucrose, extracting over 75% of the initial sugar content.