PLANT OILS AND FATS - Lipid
PLANT OILS AND FATS. All plants contain oils (ex. olive oil) or fats (ex. cocoa butter) and mainly in their seeds. As an exception, tubers of Cyperus esculentus (sedge or tigernut tubers) contain up to 27% oil (Eteshola E et al., JAOCS 1996, 2, 255).