| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 3,699 kJ (884 kcal) | ||||||||||||||
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100 g | |||||||||||||||
| Saturated | 11.2 g | ||||||||||||||
| Monounsaturated | 14.2 g | ||||||||||||||
| Polyunsaturated | 74.6 g | ||||||||||||||
22–24 g | |||||||||||||||
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| †Percentages estimated usingUS recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation fromthe National Academies.[2] | |||||||||||||||
Poppyseed oil (alsopoppy seed oil andpoppy oil) is anedible oil obtained frompoppy seeds (specificallyseeds ofPapaver somniferum, theopium poppy).
Poppy seeds yield 45–50% oil.[3] Like poppy seeds, poppyseed oil is highly palatable, high invitamin E, and has nonarcotic properties. Poppy seeds are especially high intocopherols other than vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol). Compared to othervegetable oils, poppyseed oil has a moderate amount ofphytosterols: higher thansoybean oil andpeanut oil, lower thansafflower oil,sesame oil,wheat germ oil,corn oil, andrice bran oil.[4] It has little or no odor and a pleasant taste, and it is less likely than some other oils to become rancid.[3]
The oil is sometimes used as a cooking oil; it is also used for moisturizing skin. Its primary use, however, is in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and soaps.[citation needed]
Poppyseed oil is adrying oil. Inoil painting, the most popular oil for binding pigment, thinning paint, and varnishing finished paintings islinseed oil.[citation needed]Walnut oil and poppyseed oil are also favored by oil painters, though each oil is used for a different purpose. Poppyseed oil is used especially in white paints.[3] Up through the late 19th century, when these oils became available prepared in tubes, painters tended to prepare them by hand.
While poppyseed oil does not leave the unwanted yellow tint for which linseed oil is known, it is much weaker in the test of time than the contemporary linseed oil.[citation needed] Poppyseed oil dries much more slowly (5–7 days) than linseed oil (3–5 days). For this reason poppyseed oil should not be used for a ground layer of a painting, and linseed oil should not be painted over a layer of poppyseed oil.
Poppyseed oil is the basis oflipiodol, aradiocontrast agent used in medical radiology and a treatment foriodine deficiency.[5][6]
An early 20th century industry manual states that while the opium poppy was grown extensively inEurasia, most of the world production of poppyseed oil occurred in France and Germany, from poppy seeds imported from other countries. From 1900 to 1911, France and Germany together produced on the order of 60,000,000 kilograms per year. At that time, poppyseed oil was used primarily to dress salads and frequently wasadulterated withsesame oil andhazelnut oil to improve the taste of oil from stored (rancid) seeds. Poppyseed oil was used to adulterateolive oil and peach kernel oil.[3]