Description
Groundnut Oil is good for cooking and it is free from cholesterol, contains essential fatty acid ( linoleic acid (omega-6)) making it as one of the healthiest cooking oils.Groundnut Oil is one of high calorie foods. Its calorie value comes from fatty acids. Nonetheless, the oil is especially rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) like oleic acid (18:1) that helps lower LDL or “bad cholesterol” and increases HDL or “good cholesterol” in the blood.Groundnut Oil contains valuable amounts of antioxidant vitamin E. 100 g fresh oil has 15.69 mg of α-tocopherol and 15.91 mg of gamma-tocopherol. Vitamin E is a powerful lipid soluble antioxidant, required for maintaining the integrity of cell membrane of mucosa and skin by protecting it from harmful oxygen-free radicals.
