Fats & Oils in Food
Fats and oils add richness and texture and carry fat-soluble flavors. This list covers vegetable oils, butterfat and other fats used in packaged foods.
Coconuts
Coconuts are the fruit of the coconut palm tree, native to tropical regions. The mature coconut has a hard, brown, …
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Roasted In Peanut Oil
Roasted in peanut oil refers to food products, often snacks like popcorn or nuts, that have been cooked or flavored …
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Organic Coconut Milk Powder
Organic coconut milk powder is made from dried, ground coconut flesh that has been processed to remove most of its …
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Cottonseed And Peanut Oils
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants, while peanut oil is pressed from peanuts. Both are vegetable …
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Palmfat
Palmfat is a vegetable fat derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a semi-solid fat at room …
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Soya Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Browned In Vegetable Oil
This ingredient refers to cooking oil that has been heated to a high temperature, causing its color to darken and …
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Interesterified
Interesterified fats are a type of fat that has been changed to have specific properties. This change involves rearranging the …
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Fully Hydrogenated Palm Oil
Fully hydrogenated palm oil is a solid fat made from palm oil. Palm oil comes from the fruit of oil …
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Expeller Pressed: Canola Safflower Oil
Expeller pressed canola safflower oil is a blend of oils extracted from canola seeds and safflower seeds. The 'expeller pressed' …
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Organic Sunflower
Organic sunflower is the seed of the sunflower plant, grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The seeds are harvested, cleaned, …
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Pure Vegetable Oil
Pure vegetable oil is a general term for edible oils derived from plants, such as soybeans, corn, canola, or sunflowers. …
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Cottonseed Canola
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. After the cotton fibers are removed, …
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Corn Sunflower
Corn sunflower is a blend of corn oil and sunflower oil. Corn oil is extracted from the germ of corn …
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Soybean Or Sunflower
Soybeans are legumes that grow on a plant. Sunflower seeds come from the sunflower plant. Both are processed to extract …
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Canola Oil And Olive Oil
Canola oil is made from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. The seeds are crushed to extract the oil, which …
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Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil
Expeller-pressed coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. It is made by mechanically pressing …
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Non-hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Non-hydrogenated vegetable oil is a fat extracted from plants, such as soybeans, canola, corn, or sunflower seeds. It remains liquid …
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Cottonseed Peanut Oil
Cottonseed peanut oil is a blend of oils derived from cottonseeds and peanuts. The oil is extracted from the seeds …
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Palm Fractionated Palm Oil
Palm fractionated palm oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It …
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Soybean And Palm Oils
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Palm oil comes from the fruit …
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Vegan Butter
Vegan butter is a plant-based alternative to dairy butter. It is typically made by blending plant-based oils (like coconut, palm, …
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Cottonseed Oil Soybean Oil
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. Soybean oil is pressed from soybeans. Both are refined through …
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Rspo Palm Oil
Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is extracted …
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Peanut Oil Cottonseed Oil
Peanut oil is extracted from roasted peanuts. Cottonseed oil is pressed from the seeds of cotton plants. Both are refined …
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Corn Oil Soy Oil
Corn oil and soybean oil are common vegetable oils. Corn oil is extracted from the germ of corn kernels, while …
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Palm Oil Canola Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a semi-solid at room …
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Refined Olive Oil And Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, a traditional tree fruit native to the Mediterranean Basin. Extra virgin …
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Expeller Pressed
Expeller pressed refers to a method of extracting oil from seeds or nuts. It uses a mechanical press, similar to …
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Sacha Inchi Oil
Sacha inchi oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the sacha inchi plant (Plukenetia volubilis), a perennial …
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Oils: Cottonseed Oil
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. After cotton is harvested for its …
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Soybean Sunflower Seed Oil
Soybean sunflower seed oil is a blend of oils derived from soybeans and sunflowers. These seeds are typically grown in …
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Cotton Seed
Cottonseed is the seed of the cotton plant. After cotton fibers are removed, the seeds are cleaned, delinted (short fibers …
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Pomace Olive Oil
Pomace olive oil is a lower grade of olive oil produced from the pulp left over after the first pressing …
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Hydrogenated Cottonseed
Hydrogenated cottonseed is a fat made from cottonseed oil, which comes from the seeds of the cotton plant. The hydrogenation …
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Fats Blend
A fats blend is a mixture of different fats and oils, often including vegetable oils like palm, soybean, or canola, …
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Monounsaturated Canola Oil
Monounsaturated canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. Canola oil is produced by …
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Canola Oils
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The plant is a cultivar of …
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Intersterified Soybean Oil
Interesterified soybean oil is a type of vegetable oil made from soybeans. It is produced by rearranging the fatty acids …
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Peanuts Roasted In Vegetable Oil
Peanuts are legumes that grow underground. Roasting them in vegetable oil, such as soybean or sunflower oil, enhances their flavor …
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Raisins Coated With Less Than 1% Sunflower Canola Oil
Raisins are dried grapes, typically Vitis vinifera varieties. They are produced by dehydrating whole grapes, usually through sun-drying or mechanical …
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Toasted Sesame Seed Oil
Toasted sesame seed oil is a cooking oil made from sesame seeds that have been toasted before being pressed. Toasting …
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Non Gmo Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. It is a common cooking oil, …
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Palm Oil With Lecithin
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palms. It is a semi-solid at room temperature …
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Soybean Oil To Reduce Dusting
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of soybeans. It is one of the most widely used …
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Natural Mustard Oil
Mustard oil is a cooking oil made from mustard seeds. The seeds are pressed to extract oil, which can then …
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High Oleic Sunflower Oil Safflower Oil Canola Oil
High oleic sunflower oil and safflower oil are types of vegetable oil that have been bred to contain more oleic …
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Cottonseed Rapeseed
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. After the cotton fibers are removed, the seeds are cleaned, …
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Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel And Cottonseed Oils
Partially hydrogenated palm kernel and cottonseed oils are fats that have undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process involves …
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Coconut Cottonseed
Coconut cottonseed is a blend of coconut oil and cottonseed oil. Coconut oil comes from the meat of mature coconuts, …
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Other ingredient types
Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.