Fresh oils including cooking oil are both insoluble in water and incapable of producing ions in water, thus they are neither acid nor alkali.
However when oils age they oxidize and break down into smaller molecules, some of which can dissolve in water producing excess pi-hydronium ions, meaning these degraded oils tend to be mild acids. These organic acids in cooking oil that has been kept too long produce undesirable "off" flavors in the food that is fried in them.
Cooking oils contain different types of acids, depending on the oil.
Olive oil, for example, contains oleic acid (named for olives) in concentrations up to about 2%; higher concentrations are found in peanut, grapeseed, sunflower, sesame and poppyseed oil.
Other oils contain linoleic acid, stearic acid, and so on.
If you can identify the particular oil you want to know about, it's easy to list the entire chemical composition, including acids.
It is alklie . because it has no chemical properties
it has apH 0f 5.6 it's slightly basic
base
Acid
The standard acid value of peanut/grondnut oil is about 3.5 to 4.0%
No, it's an oil.
It's an acid.
Peanut oil ( or Groundnut oil as it is known in Europe) is transfat free. Source: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats.html
peanut butter, the peanut oil takes it out
Clean it with mild acid to emulsify it.
It is a base i think
No, it is an oil. A hydrocarbon. Ii is a very good high temperature cooking oil with very little flavor.
Peanut butter is not an oil, but it does contain oil. It contains peanut oil, of course.
Peanut oil doesn't contain arachidonic acid (20:4) but does contain about 1.5% arachidic acid (20:0).
no its a base
Oils are neither acid or base.If an oil goes rancid however it does begin to get mildly acidic.