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Cotton - food
Cotton seeds are edible and are rich in vitamins and oil. It is used extensively in India as a feed for cattle. The oil is also processed for margarine and cooking.
Seeds
Oil from cotton seeds is made into an oil that can be used in salads and processed to make margarine. Cotton oil and cottonseed cake is used as an animal feed, particularly to fatten cattle in some parts of India.
Cotton seed flour made from ground seeds is used in small amounts in South Asia. It is light in colour with a nutty flavour and is used in some baked products.
The short fibres covering the seed coat are called linters, and are used as a source of cellulose used to manufacture foods such as ice-cream. Cotton seed oil is used as an edible vegetable oil.
Cotton seed flour made from ground seeds is used in small amounts in South Asia. It is light in colour with a nutty flavour and is used in some baked products.
The short fibres covering the seed coat are called linters, and are used as a source of cellulose used to manufacture foods such as ice-cream. Cotton seed oil is used as an edible vegetable oil.
