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What is the term "bean oil" primarily used for? Commodity traders in the Chicago Board of Trade Soybean Oil futures market typically refer to the market as Bean Oil more commonly than the official CBOT market name of Soybean Oil, one of the important Chicago Futures Markets.

With fuel prices raising constantly, so too is interest in renewable sources of energy including soy-based biodiesel and other biomass products made from corn and other grains, including switchgrass. More than 60 major diesel-powered fleets around the nation now use as much as a 20-percent blend of soy-based bio-diesel with regular diesel fuel.

A gas station in San Francisco is the first to offer pure biodiesel to motorists. The biodiesel pump - the result of a partnership between Olympian Inc., World Energy Alternatives and CytoCulture has opened. A similar gas station in Sparks Nevada is offering 100-percent biodiesel, and as well as B20, a blend of 20-percent biodiesel and 80- percent diesel.

Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning alternative fuel that can be burned in any diesel vehicle with little or no engine modification. Biodiesel and biodiesel blends, which have been successfully tested over more than 40-million miles, are being used by more than 80 major fleets nationwide.

Biodiesel fuel can be produced from any fat or vegetable oil...most U.S. biodiesel is made from soybean oil - through a refinery process called transesterification. Corn (also known as Maze, especially in foreign markets) is a primary source of renewable energy and alternative fuel used by E85 Powered Cars and in E85 Powered Trucks, which alternative fuel vehicles are expected to become common in the years ahead.

There is a new soybean product based paint stripper. Soy Gel is a safe, effective alternative to the hazardous methylene chloride, a traditional paint stripper. Soy Gel is nontoxic and biodegradable, reduces offensive odors that traditional paint strippers emit, removes multiples layers of paint in a single application, and reduces time and labor costs.

Another use for soybean oil is as a feedstock for farmers. However, of course bean oil's major consumer use is a vegetable oil for cooking and popular ingrediant in all kinds of foods, including frozen food, deserts and cookies (even rich tasting but healthy soy ice cream), and prepared foods of all types.