| 1 |
Cottonseed meal, solvent extracted |
Obtained by finely grinding the cake which remains after removal of most of the oil from the cottonseed by a solvent extraction process. It must contain not less than 36% protein. |
AAFCO, 2000 |
| 2 |
Cottonseed screenings |
Obtained in the commercial delinting and processing of cottonseeds for planting purposes. It consists of lint, stems, leaves, small and immature seeds, sand and/or dirt. It must be labeled with minimum guarantees for crude protein and crude fat and maximum guarantees for crude fiber and ash. If it contains more than 6.5% ash, the words "sand" and/or "dirt" must appear in the product name. |
AAFCO, 2000 |
| 3 |
Cotyledon |
One of the two halves of a seed; the cotyledons develop into the first two leaves of the young plant. |
(unspecified) |
| 4 |
Cracked corn |
The entire corn kernel ground or chopped. It must contain not more than 4% foreign material. |
AAFCO, 2000 |
| 5 |
Cracking |
The breaking of the whole seed into several pieces to facilitate dehulling and flaking. |
(unspecified) |
| 6 |
Crude cottonseed oil |
Crude cottonseed oil is the oil produced from cottonseed only, by either the hydraulic, expeller or screw press, prepress solvent, or solvent extraction process. |
(unspecified) |
| 7 |
Crude soy oil |
Sometimes referred to as crude raw soybean oil; the unrefined oil produced by any one of the procedures described for the extraction of oil from soybeans. It is customary to filter the oil and/or allow it to settle after being processed from the soybeans as required by the standard trade specifications. Crude soy oil is a mixture of triglycerides composed of unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, linolenic) and saturated fatty acids, together with usually not more than 1.5% of free fatty acids and from 1.8% to 3.2% of phospholipids, depending on the quality and kind of soybeans and the procedure used in processing. |
(unspecified) |
| 8 |
Defatted soy flour |
Flour produced by the nearly complete removal of the oil from soybeans by the use of hexane or other homologous hydrocarbon solvents; usually contains about 1% fat. |
(unspecified) |
| 9 |
Degermed |
Having had the embryo of seeds wholly or partially separated from the starch endosperm. |
AAFCO, 2000 |
| 10 |
Dehulled, dehulling |
Having removed the outer covering from grains or other seeds. |
AAFCO, 2000 |
