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.
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Shortening
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening is a type of fat made from liquid vegetable oils, such as soybean or corn …
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Duck Fat
Duck fat is the rendered fat of ducks. It has a rich, savory flavor and a high smoke point, making …
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All-purpose Shortening
All-purpose shortening is a solid fat made from vegetable oils, such as soybean, cottonseed, or palm oil. It is processed …
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Expeller Pressed Sesame Oil
Expeller-pressed sesame oil is a cooking oil made from sesame seeds. The expeller-pressing method uses mechanical pressure to extract the …
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Soybean Palm Oils
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Palm oil is derived from the …
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Lard And Hydrogenated Lard
Lard is a semi-solid white fat made from pig fat. It is rendered by heating the fat to melt the …
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Coconut Butter
Coconut butter is made from the flesh of mature coconuts. The coconut meat is dried, then ground into a smooth …
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Sunflower Corn Canola Cottonseed
Sunflower, corn, canola, and cottonseed are all types of edible vegetable oils. These oils are extracted from the seeds or …
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Hydrogenated Cottonseed And Rapeseed Oil And Salt
Hydrogenated oils are vegetable oils that have been chemically processed to add hydrogen atoms, making them more solid and stable …
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Hydrogenated Palm Kernel And Cottonseed Oils
This ingredient is a blend of fats derived from palm kernel and cottonseed oils. The oils are processed through hydrogenation, …
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Palm Oil Modified Palm Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. Modified palm oil has undergone processing, …
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Canola Rice Bran Oil
Canola rice bran oil is a blend of two vegetable oils: canola oil and rice bran oil. Canola oil comes …
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Sunflower Or Soybean Oil
Sunflower and soybean oils are common cooking oils made from pressing sunflower seeds or soybeans. They are refined to remove …
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Coca Butter
Cocoa butter is the fat extracted from cocoa beans. It is a natural product of the chocolate-making process, separating from …
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Animal And Vegetable Shortening
Animal and vegetable shortening is a solid fat, typically made from a blend of animal fats (like lard or tallow) …
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Hydrogenated Rapeseed Cottonseed Oil
Hydrogenated rapeseed cottonseed oil is a blend of oils from rapeseed (also known as canola) and cottonseed that has undergone …
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Deodorized Lard
Deodorized lard is a type of pork fat that has been processed to remove its natural odor and flavor. It …
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Partially Fried In Canola Oil
This ingredient refers to food products, often seafood or poultry, that have undergone an initial frying process in canola oil. …
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Corn Sunflower Oil
Corn sunflower oil is a blend of oils derived from corn and sunflowers. It is a common cooking oil used …
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Vegetables Oil
Vegetable oil is a general term for oils extracted from plants. Common sources include soybeans, corn, canola (rapeseed), sunflowers, and …
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Palm Oil With Soya Lecithin
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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Corn Or Canola Oil
Corn oil and canola oil are common vegetable oils used in cooking and food manufacturing. Corn oil is extracted from …
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Sunflower Oil Powder
Sunflower oil powder is made by spray-drying liquid sunflower oil with a carrier, often maltodextrin or corn syrup solids. This …
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Cranberry Seed Oil
Cranberry seed oil is extracted from the seeds of cranberries, a fruit native to North America. The seeds are typically …
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Pre-browned In Soybean Oil
This ingredient refers to pieces of food, typically meat or poultry, that have been partially cooked and then fried or …
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Organic Clarified Butter
Organic clarified butter, also known as ghee, is butter that has had its water and milk solids removed. This process …
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Mct Powder
MCT powder is made from medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are fats that are typically derived from coconut or palm kernel …
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Partially Hydrogenated Palm
Partially hydrogenated palm is a type of fat made from palm oil. It undergoes a process called partial hydrogenation, which …
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Chocolate Coating: Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. It is a solid at room temperature …
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Fractionated Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
Fractionated palm and palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree. …
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Fat
Fat is a macronutrient and a major source of energy in the diet. It is a broad term that includes …
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Palm Palm Kernel Oils
Palm oil and palm kernel oil are vegetable oils derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Palm oil …
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Non-hydrogenated Margarine
Non-hydrogenated margarine is a spread made from vegetable oils that have not undergone hydrogenation. This process is typically used to …
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Water Soybean Oil
Water is a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid essential for life. Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds …
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Soybean Canola Palm Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
This ingredient is a blend of several vegetable oils, including soybean, canola, palm, and cottonseed oil. These oils are extracted …
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Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive …
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High Oleic Canola Soybean Oil
High oleic canola soybean oil is a blend of two vegetable oils: high oleic canola oil and soybean oil. Canola …
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Sheanut
Sheanut is a fat derived from the nut of the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). The nuts are typically roasted, …
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Hydrogenated
Hydrogenated oils are fats that have undergone a process called hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fatty acids …
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Organic Beef Fat
Organic beef fat is the rendered fat obtained from cattle raised according to organic farming standards. It is produced by …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Oils
Partially hydrogenated soybean and palm oils are vegetable oils that have undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process adds …
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Beef Suet
Beef suet is a hard, white fat found around the kidneys and loins of cattle. It is rendered (melted and …
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Soybean Oil And Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Fully hydrogenated soybean oil is created …
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Soybean Oil Cottonseed Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Cottonseed oil is extracted from the …
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Canola Oil Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
This ingredient is a blend of canola oil and partially hydrogenated soybean oil. Canola oil is extracted from the seeds …
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Oils/shortenings: Soybean
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Cottonseed And Soybean Oils
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants, while soybean oil comes from soybeans. Both are vegetable oils …
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Palm Oil With TBHQ
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a semi-solid fat at …
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Peanuts Roasted In Peanut Oil
Peanuts are legumes that grow underground. When roasted in peanut oil, they are typically dry-roasted or oil-roasted using peanut oil …
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Palm And Hydrogenated Palm Oils
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. Hydrogenated palm oil is palm oil …
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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.