Sunflower was first brought to Russia by Peter I, who saw a bright large flower in Holland and was subdued by its appearance resembling a small sun. At the end of the 19th century, Russian enterprises began to produce sunflower oil on an industrial scale, as it became extremely popular among the people.
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The popularity of sunflower oil
Initially, sunflower oil was warmly received by the Russians, since it was a plant product and was not forbidden during fasting - unlike butter. The climate of Russia played an equally important role in its popularity, in which sunflower grew very willingly, giving tasty and, most importantly, inexpensive vegetable oil. It was she who managed to get ahead of soybean, rapeseed, linseed, mustard and corn oil in the market for these products.
The share of sunflower oil produced in the Russian Federation occupies about 87% of the vegetable oil market.
In addition to the above factors, ornamental sunflower quickly moved into the category of valuable crops due to the enormous benefits for the human body that its seeds bring. They began to be widely used not only in the food industry and culinary, but even in cosmetology with traditional medicine. In addition, it turned out that sunflower flowers give excellent honey, which has unique properties and a large number of active enzymes.