This may be a dumb question, but it it has high heat tolerance, what difference does it make if it's expeller pressed? Does the expeller get hotter than a cookstove? Just curious. Don Wiss wrote: > > I have been using macadamia oil because of its high heat tolerance, > and ease of use (solid coconut oil is a pain to melt first). > > I had bought the oil in the gallon size at Slanker's. It is expeller > pressed and has Vitamin E added. Slightly cheaper is this: > > http://www.pipingrock.com/nutritional-oils/macadamia-nut-oil-6573 > > Cold pressed. No Vitamin E. Package says to refrigerate for freshness. > > The difference? In expeller pressed the pressure causes the oil to > heat up. In cold pressed it is refrigerated while pressing to keep the > temperature down.