Cottonseed oil is the named vegetable oil derived from seeds of cultivated Gossypium species. Cottonseed, cottonseed meal, crude oil, refined edible oil and hydrogenated or blended products are separate commercial identities. A comparable oil lot needs crude or refined state, processing and treatment, fatty-acid and identity profile, free-fatty-acid and oxidation condition, contaminants, package or bulk-tank history, quantity, origin, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are identity ranges in the current FAO/WHO Codex Standard for Named Vegetable Oils, CXS 210-1999, modified in 2024. They help assess whether an authentic sample fits cottonseed-oil characteristics; they are not production totals, guaranteed lot results, current availability, a physical offer or a delivered price.
Codex defines cottonseed oil by its source in cultivated Gossypium seeds. The oil is not interchangeable with cottonseed itself, cottonseed cake or meal, another named vegetable oil, or a finished blend. Crude oil retains a different refining, impurity and handling state from oil presented for human consumption. Atlas keeps product stage, intended use and processing history explicit before comparing evidence.
CXS 210 lists a 100–123 iodine-value range, 21.4–26.4 percent palmitic acid and 46.7–58.2 percent linoleic acid for cottonseed oil, alongside other fatty acids, density, refractive index, saponification, unsaponifiable matter, sterols and tocopherols. One matching value does not authenticate a sample. The lot, sample, method and complete profile remain attached to any conformity conclusion.
A trade record should state degumming, neutralization, bleaching, deodorization, hydrogenation or blending where applicable, plus free fatty acids, peroxide or oxidation status, moisture and volatile matter, impurities, soap, color, contaminants and food-safety evidence. Bulk cargoes also need prior-cargo, tank, cleaning, segregation, temperature, transfer and chain-of-custody records under the applicable transport contract and destination rules.
A Codex identity range is not a market price. A defensible physical comparison needs crude or refined state, exact specification and laboratory certificate, origin and refinery, crop and production dates, package or tank, quantity, currency, Incoterm, load and discharge points, freight and insurance basis, delivery window and current permitted observations. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those fields are missing.
No. Oil is the lipid fraction recovered from cottonseed, while meal or cake is the protein-and-fiber-rich co-product after oil extraction. Their specifications, uses, logistics and prices are separate.
The current CXS 210 appendix lists 100 to 123 as the cottonseed-oil identity range. It is an analytical identity characteristic, not a price or guaranteed result for an untested lot.
No. Authentication requires the relevant sample, methods and full applicable identity profile, plus processing and chain-of-custody context. One value cannot substitute for the whole record.
Crude or refined state, processing and treatment, intended use, fatty-acid and identity profile, free-fatty-acid and oxidation condition, contaminants, certification and laboratory evidence, origin and refinery, package or tank history, lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, load and destination ports, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.