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.
Refined Vegetable Oil
Refined vegetable oil is a general term for oils extracted from plant seeds or fruits. The refining process removes impurities, …
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Lite Mayonnaise
Lite mayonnaise is a reduced-fat, reduced-calorie version of traditional mayonnaise. It is made by replacing some of the oil and …
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Partially Hydrogenated Oils
Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are a type of fat created when liquid vegetable oils go through a process called partial …
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Medium-chain Triglyceride
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are fats that contain medium-length fatty acid chains. They are typically derived from coconut oil or palm …
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Soybean Oil With Emulsifier
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Liquid Canola Oil
Liquid canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The name 'canola' comes from …
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Rice Bran Canola Oil
Rice bran canola oil is a blend of oil extracted from the outer layer of rice grains (rice bran) and …
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Sun Flower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the sunflower plant. The seeds are typically pressed to …
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Corn Cottonseed Oil
Corn cottonseed oil is a blend of oils derived from corn and cottonseed. Both corn and cotton are agricultural crops …
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High Oleic Safflower Sunflower Oil
High oleic safflower sunflower oil is a type of vegetable oil made from specially bred varieties of safflower and sunflower …
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Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil
Medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil is a type of fat made from fatty acids that have a specific chain length. …
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Non Gmo Rice Bran Oil
Rice bran oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the bran of rice grains. It is a byproduct of rice …
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Imported Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Imported extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. …
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Cold Pressed Flax Oil
Cold-pressed flax oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The seeds are …
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Palm Kernel Oils
Palm kernel oil is a vegetable fat extracted from the kernel (seed) of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), which …
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Coconut Mct Oil
Coconut MCT oil is a type of fat derived from coconut oil. It is made by processing coconut oil to …
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Canola Oil Peanut Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. Peanut oil …
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Organic Non-gmo 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 Sunflower Safflower Soybean
Canola, sunflower, safflower, and soybean are all common vegetable oils. They are extracted from the seeds of their respective plants. …
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Hydrogenated Canola And Cottonseed Oil
This ingredient is a blend of canola oil and cottonseed oil that has been hydrogenated. Hydrogenation is a process that …
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Palm And Canola
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palms. Canola oil is a vegetable oil made …
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Cocoa Butter Milk
Cocoa butter is the fat extracted from cocoa beans. It is a solid at room temperature but melts easily. It …
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Cottonseed Soybean Oils
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. Soybean oil is extracted from the seeds of soybean plants. …
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Refined Lard
Refined lard is a type of fat rendered from the fatty tissue of pigs. The rendering process involves heating the …
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Palmolein Oil
Palmolein oil is a fraction of palm oil, which comes from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is the …
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Organic Unrefined Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is a fat extracted from the white flesh (kernel) of mature coconuts. It is solid at room temperature …
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Canola Cottonseed Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. Cottonseed oil is made from the …
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Organic Soy Oil
Organic soy oil is a vegetable oil made from soybeans grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The soybeans are typically …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil With Emulsifier
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from soybeans. It is produced by a process called …
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Anhydrous Butter
Anhydrous butter, also known as butter oil, is pure butterfat. It is made by removing water and milk solids from …
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Rspo Certified Palm Oil
Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. "RSPO Certified" means …
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Hydrogenated Soybean Oil Cottonseed Oil
Hydrogenated soybean oil cottonseed oil is a blend of soybean oil and cottonseed oil that has undergone a process called …
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Rapeseed Cottonseed
Rapeseed oil, commonly known as canola oil, is extracted from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. The plant is a …
What is Rapeseed Cottonseed? →
Organic Canola Organic Soybean Oil
Canola oil is made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. Soybean oil is made from …
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Hydrogenated Cotton Seed Oil
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil is a fat derived from cottonseed oil, which comes from the seeds of the cotton plant. The …
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Hydrogenated Coconut And Soybean Oils
Hydrogenated coconut and soybean oils are fats that have undergone a process called hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen atoms to …
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Palm Kernel Oil With TBHQ For Freshness
Palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from the kernel of the oil palm tree. It is a solid …
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Coconut Oil Palm Kernel Oil
Coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts, while palm kernel oil comes from the …
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Com Oil
Corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the germ of corn (maize). It is a common cooking oil used …
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Organic Palm Fruit Shortening
Organic palm fruit shortening is a type of fat made from the fruit of oil palm trees. The fruit is …
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Pumpkin Seed Butter
Pumpkin seed butter is a spread made from ground roasted pumpkin seeds. It is similar in texture to peanut butter …
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Non-hydrogenated Palm Oil With BHA & BHT For Freshness
Non-hydrogenated palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is combined with butylated …
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High Oleic Canola Oil High Oleic Sunflower Oil
High oleic canola oil and high oleic sunflower oil are types of vegetable oils that have been bred or modified …
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Soybean Oil Water
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Vegetable Oil Palm
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is a semi-solid at …
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Coconut Creamer
Coconut creamer is a dairy-free liquid made from the fatty part of coconut milk, often with added water and stabilizers. …
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Sunflower Corn
Sunflower corn is a type of corn that has been bred to produce seeds with a higher oil content, similar …
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Soybean And Palm
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Palm oil is a vegetable oil …
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Organic Sunflower Seed Kernels
Organic sunflower seed kernels are the edible seeds from the center of the sunflower plant, grown without synthetic pesticides or …
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Mct Oil Blend
MCT oil blend is a mixture of medium-chain triglycerides, which are fats. These fats are typically derived from coconut or …
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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.