What is castor oil?
Castor oil is a type of vegetable oil. (1)
How is castor oil made?
pressed from castor beans (1)
What does castor oil contain?
mainly composed of ricinoleic acid (85 to 95%)
oleic acid (2 to 6 %)(1)
linoleic acid (1 to 5%)(1)
stearic acid (0.5 to 1%)(1)
palmitic acid (0.5 to 1%) (1)
Resources
1. https://foodadditives.net/emulsifiers/pgpr/
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