Linoleic Acid Market - Industry Overview and Key Factors

Albany, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/11/2015 -- Linoleic acid is also known as 9-trans,12-trans-Octadecadienoic Acid or cis-Linoleic acid is a unsaturated fatty acid mainly found in corn oil, rapseed oil and soybean oil. Linoleic acid is colorless or slightly yellow liquid and is freely soluble in ether, methanol, acetone and benzene. It is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Although it is stable, it is also sensitive to light and air. Lenoleic acid is a carboxylic acid with two cis double bonds and a long carbon chain. Linoleic acid is manufactured from oils and edible fats through various processes such as hydrolysis and saponification, low-pressure catalyst process and Twitchell method. Linoleic acid is one of the essential fatty acid for humans as they cannot be synthesized in the body and should be consumed in food.