The present invention relates to a solvent for use in extracting oil from
an oil bearing material, such as soybeans, with the solvent resulting in
the selective extraction of a triglyceride rich oil, which contains 95% or
greater triglycerides and non-polar constituents, with the solvent
comprised of a hydrocarbon, preferably hexane, and a fluorocarbon, so that
the solvent has a viscosity less than 2.6 centipoise and a polarity of
less than 0.1. The present invention also relates to a method of using the
solvent to extract the triglyceride rich oil, with the method including
preferably extracting the oil at a temperature ranging between 35.degree.
C. and 55.degree. C., and then preferably cooling resulting miscella to a
temperature ranging between 15.degree. C. and 25.degree. C.
