What is Brassica Napus?
Brassica napus is the type of plant best known for the production of rapeseed oil. It is more often referred to as rapeseed or rape. Rapiseed is easily distinguished as a member of the mustard family according to bright yellow flowers. The primary use of rapeseed is for the conversion of oil, animal and bionaft feed.
Rapeseed is a member of the Brassicaceae family of flowering plants, which is also called mustard family, cabbage and crucifeerae. Commercial growth Brassica Napus began in Canada, where steam engine manufacturers used it as a lubricant in their engines. This early form of rape was less suitable for human or animals consumption due to bitter taste and the presence of erukic acid, potentially harmful chemicals. Specialized breeding, however, reduced the bitter taste and reduced the amount of erukic acid to healthy, insignificant levels.
oil made of rapeseed plants is used to form rapeseed oil that means Canadian oil, low acid and refers to the product of the Potra qualityguilty derived from rapeseed oil, which contains very low levels of erukic acid. Soon Crafters of Canola removed the green color from chlorophyll in brassica napus to visually attract oil. Then they focused on reducing the content of erukic acid and removing the bitter taste, which was the result of the presence of organic compounds, such as sulfur and nitrogen, in rapeseed.
To form rapeseed oil, rape is ground and crushed. About 40% of seeds brassica napus is oil. So every £ 50 (22.7 kilograms) seeds are produced 2.7 American gallon (10 liters) oil. Canol oil is considered to be healthy oil due to its low levels of saturated fats and the presence of Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids. The oil received a number of grades of approval organization, including US food and drug administration and American Heart Association.
Rapiseed remnants will remain behind after the oil isand extracted. The remains turn into animal feeding. This by -product has a high protein content and was considered a quality grain.
rapeseed oil was also strongly preferred as an alternative to non -renewable fossil fuels. Rape plants provide more oils on the amount of soil area than any other naturally derived oil. As such, it is a popular choice for biofuels that are derived from organic substances such as plants that have recently died. Biofuels are particularly popular in the European Union. In Europe, approximately 80% of all raw materials biodiesel comes from the organic component used for oil production, comes from brassica napus .