Collected from wiki:
| Oil source | World consumption (million tons) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Palm | 41.31 | The most widely produced tropical oil. Also used to make biofuel. |
| Soybean | 37.54 | Accounts for about half of worldwide edible oil production. |
| Rapeseed | 18.24 | One of the most widely used cooking oils, Canola is a (trademarked) variety (cultivar) of rapeseed. |
| Sunflower seed | 9.91 | A common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel. |
| Peanut oil | 4.82 | Mild-flavored cooking oil. |
| Cottonseed | 4.99 | A major food oil, often used in industrial food processing. |
| Palm Kernel | 4.85 | From the seed of the African palm tree |
| Coconut | 3.48 | |
| Olive | 2.84 | Used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps |
Note that these figures include industrial and animal feed use. The majority of European rapeseed oil production is used to produce biodiesel, or used directly as fuel in diesel cars which may require modification to heat the oil to reduce its higher viscosity. The suitability of the fuel should come as little surprise, as Rudolf Diesel originally designed his engine to run on peanut oil.
Other significant triglyceride oils include:
- Corn oil, one of the most common, and inexpensive cooking oils.
- Hazelnut and other nut oils
- Linseed oil, from flax seeds
- Rice bran oil, from rice grains
- Safflower oil, a flavorless and colorless cooking oil.
- Sesame oil, used as a cooking oil, and as a massage oil, particularly in India.