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.
Raisins Coated With Less Than 1% Sunflower Oil
Raisins are dried grapes, typically seedless varieties like Thompson Seedless. The coating of less than 1% sunflower oil is added …
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Mct
MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides. These are fats that are found naturally in coconut oil and palm kernel oil. They …
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Palm Soybean Canola Oil
This ingredient is a blend of oils derived from palm fruit, soybeans, and canola seeds. These plants are grown for …
What is Palm Soybean Canola Oil? →
Vegetable Palm Oil
Vegetable palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is extracted from the …
What is Vegetable Palm Oil? →
Coconut Palm Kernel
Coconut palm kernel is the seed found inside the coconut fruit, which grows on the coconut palm tree. The kernel …
What is Coconut Palm Kernel? →
Browned In Canola Oil
Browned In Canola Oil is a cooking method where food, typically meat, is cooked in canola oil until browned. Canola …
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Soybean Corn Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
What is Soybean Corn Oil? →
Hazelnut Butter
Hazelnut butter is a spread made from ground roasted hazelnuts. It has a rich, nutty flavor and a creamy texture. …
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Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil With Soy Lecithin
This ingredient is a blend of hydrogenated palm kernel oil and soy lecithin. Palm kernel oil is a plant-based fat …
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Palm Oil & Coconut Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while coconut oil is extracted …
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Organic Avocado Oil
Organic avocado oil is a cooking oil pressed from the flesh of organic avocados. The oil is extracted through mechanical …
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Palm Kernel And Hydrogenated Palm
Palm kernel oil comes from the seeds of palm trees. Hydrogenation is a process that adds hydrogen to liquid oils, …
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Non-hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Non-hydrogenated soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from soybeans. It is a liquid at room temperature and is produced …
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Soybean Oils
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Canola And Soybean
Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a plant in the mustard family. Soybean oil is made from soybeans, a type …
What is Canola And Soybean? →
High-oleic
High-oleic refers to oils that have a high concentration of oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fat. These oils are …
What is High-oleic? →
Peanut Oil Or A Blend Of Peanut Oil And Canola
Peanut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from roasted peanuts. It has a mild, nutty flavor and a relatively high …
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Hydrogenated Palm
Hydrogenated palm oil is a vegetable oil that comes from palm fruit. It is made by adding hydrogen to liquid …
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Soybean And Rapeseed Oil To Prevent Separation
This ingredient is a blend of soybean oil and rapeseed (canola) oil. Both oils are extracted from the seeds of …
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Hydrogenated Soybean Oil Palm Oil
Hydrogenated soybean oil palm oil is a blend of soybean oil and palm oil that has been processed through hydrogenation. …
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Organic Sunflower Safflower Oil
Organic sunflower safflower oil is a blend of oils derived from the seeds of sunflowers and safflower plants grown using …
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Vegetable Shortening Palm Oil
Vegetable shortening is a solid fat made from vegetable oils. It is typically produced by hydrogenating liquid vegetable oils, a …
What is Vegetable Shortening Palm Oil? →
Hydrogenated Coconut Palm Kernel
Hydrogenated coconut palm kernel is a blend of oils taken from coconuts and the kernels of palm fruit. These oils …
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Natural Oil Blend
A natural oil blend is a mixture of different vegetable oils, chosen for specific properties. These blends are typically made …
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Hydrogenated Soybean Cottonseed Oil
Hydrogenated soybean cottonseed oil is a blend of soybean oil and cottonseed oil that has undergone a process called hydrogenation. …
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Rendered Pork Fat
Rendered pork fat is fat that has been processed from the fatty tissues of a pig. The rendering process involves …
What is Rendered Pork Fat? →
Corn Canola
Corn canola is a blend of corn oil and canola oil. Corn oil is extracted from the germ of corn …
What is Corn Canola? →
Palm Kernal Oil
Palm kernel oil is a type of vegetable fat extracted from the kernel, or seed, of the oil palm tree. …
What is Palm Kernal Oil? →
Dressing: Soybean Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
What is Dressing: Soybean Oil? →
Cotton Seed Oil
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. After the cotton fibers are removed, …
What is Cotton Seed Oil? →
Fish Oil
Fish oil is a fat that comes from the tissues of oily fish. It is typically extracted from fish like …
What is Fish Oil? →
Dressing: Canola Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The plant is a cultivar of …
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Canola Oil Modified Palm Oil Soybean Oil
This ingredient is a blend of three common vegetable oils: canola oil, modified palm oil, and soybean oil. Canola oil …
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Organic Soybean Oil Organic Canola 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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Pure Soybean Oil
Pure soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the …
What is Pure Soybean Oil? →
Non-hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Non-hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a tropical oil extracted from the kernel of the oil palm fruit. It is a …
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Fully Refined Canola Oil
Fully refined canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The seeds are crushed, …
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Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil
Low erucic acid rapeseed oil, often called canola oil, is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the rapeseed …
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Hydrogenated Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel
Palm kernel oil is extracted from the kernel of the oil palm fruit. Partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil is made …
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Canola Safflower Palm Oil
Canola safflower palm oil is a blend of three different vegetable oils. Canola oil comes from the seeds of the …
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Corn Soybean Oil
Corn soybean oil is a blend of oils derived from corn and soybeans. Both corn and soybeans are common agricultural …
What is Corn Soybean Oil? →
Refined Palm Oil
Refined palm oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It undergoes processing, …
What is Refined Palm Oil? →
Sunflower Oil With Tocopherols
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil made from sunflower seeds. It is a common cooking oil. Tocopherols are a group …
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Canola And Soybean Oil
Canola oil is made from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. Soybean oil is made from soybeans. Both are vegetable …
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Expeller Pressed High Oleic Safflower Oil
Expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil is a cooking oil extracted from the seeds of the safflower plant. "High oleic" …
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High Oleic Sunflower Oil Canola Oil
High oleic sunflower oil is a type of sunflower oil that has been bred to have a higher concentration of …
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Powdered Sunflower Oil Preparation
Powdered sunflower oil is made by combining sunflower oil with a carrier, such as modified starch or maltodextrin. This process …
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Canola With TBHQ For Freshness
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The seeds are crushed to extract …
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Organic Coconut Creme
Organic coconut creme is the thick, creamy liquid that separates from the solid white flesh of organic coconuts. It is …
What is Organic Coconut Creme? →
Animal Shortening
Animal shortening is a type of fat derived from animals, such as pigs (lard) or cattle (tallow). It is made …
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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.