Cotton Incorporated Announces Members of Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council

Council Brings Together Industry Leaders to Engage and Educate

CARY, NC (July 24, 2024) — Cotton Incorporated announces the members of the inaugural Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council. This talented group of industry professionals will help members of the food industry understand the unique benefits of using cottonseed oil.

The Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council will bring forth learnings and awareness of other oil-related research, culinary attributes and foodservice-focused discussions around cottonseed oil.

The 2023-2024 Cottonseed Oil Advisory Council includes:

• Burt Benrud, Vice President of Café Du Monde
• Jamie Cooper, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia (UGA) and Director of UGA Obesity Research Initiative
• John Chisum, Vice President of Marketing for PYCO
• Connie Diekman, Registered Dietitian and Food and Nutrition Consultant
• Finn Walter, Chef and Owner of The Nicollet in Lubbock, Texas

“Creating an inaugural advisory board brings a compass for our journey, guiding us with a variety of perspectives and experiences to help grow and promote the cottonseed oil market,” said Lynn Kilroy, director of corporate communications at Cotton Incorporated.

This is the third advisory council Cotton Incorporated developed including an advisory council for both the beef and dairy sides of the whole cottonseed business. Cotton is known for its natural fiber in textile production, but the uses of the cotton crop extend well beyond fiber. Cottonseed oil is just one of the additional products that come from harvesting a cotton crop.

About Cottonseed Oil

Cottonseed oil is cooking oil extracted from the seeds of cotton and has been used by American culinary experts and food brands for more than a century. Though not as widely known as olive, canola and other cooking oils, its naturally high smoke point and neutral flavor makes it an ideal frying choice. Its neutral flavor also provides for an ideal base for salad oils and marinades because of flavor stability. Because cottonseed oil enhances the natural taste of foods, rather than contributing its own flavor, food manufacturers find that its desirable bland flavor makes it an oil of choice for chip production because of the “nutty, buttery” flavor it develops when exposed to heat or light. Unlike other oils, cottonseed oil is resistant to undesirable flavor reversion.

For more information about cottonseed oil, please visit www.cottonseedoil.org

About Cotton Incorporated

Cotton Incorporated is the research and promotion company for Upland cotton. Funded by U.S. cotton growers and importers of Upland cotton-containing products, the not-for-profit organization’s mission is to increase the demand for and profitability of cotton. As a resource for the cotton industry, Cotton Incorporated conducts or oversees more than 450 research and educational projects in an average year. Research areas range from the development of agricultural and textile innovations to analyses of commodity and market data.

To learn more, visit www.cottoninc.com