Abstract: This invention relates to a method of refining a crude vegetable oil by removing insoluble material from the oil to provide a substantially clarified oil. The process comprises cooling the vegetable oil and maintaining the vegetable oil at the desired low temperature. The vegetable oil is then heated to provide an amount of a substantially clarified oil that can be separated from the insoluble material. The process is useful for a wide variety of oils including soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, corn oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, rice bran oil, perilla oil, castor oil, olive oil, tsubaki oil, coconut oil, palm oil, hemp seed oil, tung oil, kapok oil, tea seed oil.