Difference between HEAR oilseed rape and conventional varieties?
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High Euric Acid Rape is used to produce industrial lubricants instead of vegetable oil.
According to HM Revenue and Customs ;
Some varieties of oilseed rape are not suitable for human consumption. The liability of those that are not suitable will depend on the purpose for which it is supplied.
3.3.1 “OO” type
Most oilseed rape is of the "OO" type which means that the oilseed yields oil fit for human consumption as well as meal for animals.
3.3.2 "HEAR" varieties
These varieties of oilseed rape varieties give a high erucic acid content in the oil and this is regarded as nutritionally undesirable in food for human consumption. The pressed oil is primarily used as an anti-corrosion agent and lubricant in mineral oil extraction..
The residual meal can be used to feed ruminant livestock.
Rape Seed Oil, from the Rape Plant in Britain and Eurpoe is used to produce a light oil for machinery.
In the USA the same oil is marketted under the name of Canola oil and used in cooking.
There is evidence that Canola Oil should not be used in human consumption as it can have negative effects on the heart over a long period of time.
I've driven by huge fields of Rape plant in bloom, a beautiful field of yellow flowers, while touring England and Scotland.
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