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.
Organic Expeller Pressed Oils
These are oils extracted from seeds or fruits using a mechanical pressing method, without the use of chemical solvents. The …
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100% Soybean 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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Sheanut And Sunflower
Sheanut butter and sunflower oil are fats derived from plants. Sheanut butter comes from the nuts of the African shea …
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Palm And Soybean Canola Oil Shortening
This is a solid fat made from a blend of palm oil, soybean oil, and canola oil. The oils are …
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Coconut Oil And Artificial Flavors
Coconut oil is a plant-based fat extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. It is solid at room temperature and …
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Fractionated Vegetable Oil
Fractionated vegetable oil is a vegetable oil that has been processed to separate it into different components based on their …
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Sustainable Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while palm kernel oil comes …
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Cocoa Butter1
Cocoa butter is the natural fat extracted from cocoa beans. It is a solid at room temperature but melts easily. …
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Organic Toasted Sesame Seed Oil
Organic toasted sesame seed oil is made from sesame seeds that have been lightly roasted before being pressed to extract …
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Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil
Extra virgin cold pressed olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive …
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Cooked In Beef Fat
Cooked in beef fat refers to beef fat that has been rendered (melted and separated from other tissues) and used …
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Hemp Seed Oil
Hemp seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.). It is produced by cold-pressing …
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Soybean Ol
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Coconut Blend
Coconut blend is a mixture of coconut-derived ingredients, often including coconut milk, coconut cream, or coconut oil. These components are …
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Vegetable Shortening Palm
Vegetable shortening made from palm oil. Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees. The oil is …
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Cottonseed Oil Safflower Oil
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. Safflower oil comes from the seeds of the safflower plant. …
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100% Unrefined
100% Unrefined refers to oils that have undergone minimal processing. They are typically extracted from seeds, nuts, or fruits using …
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Hemp Oil
Hemp oil is a non-psychoactive oil extracted from the seeds of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). It is typically cold-pressed …
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Each Of The Following:anhydrous Milk Fat
Anhydrous milk fat is a dairy product made by removing almost all the water from milk fat. It is a …
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Non-dairy Margarine
Non-dairy margarine is a spreadable food product designed to be a substitute for butter. It is typically made from a …
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High Oleic Sunflower Palm Olein
High oleic sunflower palm olein is a blend of oils derived from sunflowers and oil palms. The sunflower component is …
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100% Mechanically
100% Mechanically refers to oils extracted from seeds or fruits using physical pressing methods, rather than chemical solvents. This process …
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Sesame Butter
Sesame butter is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. It is a staple in many cuisines, particularly in the …
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Canola And Soybean Oils
Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a plant in the mustard family. Soybean oil is made from soybeans. Both are …
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Modified Palm And Modified Palm Kernel Oil
Modified palm and modified palm kernel oil are fats derived from palm oil. The modification process, often involving interesterification or …
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Coconut Oils
Coconut oil is a fat extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. It is a solid at room temperature in …
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Non Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat
Non-hydrogenated vegetable fat refers to fats and oils obtained from plant sources that have not undergone the chemical process of …
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Refined Cottonseed Oil
Refined cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. After the cotton fibers are removed, …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Palm Fruit Oil
Palm fruit oil, also known as palm oil, is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm …
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Partially Hydrogenated Coconut Or Palm Kernel
Partially hydrogenated coconut or palm kernel oil is a type of fat derived from coconut or palm kernel plants. These …
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Palm And Rapeseed Oil
Palm and rapeseed oil are vegetable oils derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree and the seeds of …
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Pistachios Roasted In Safflower Oil
Pistachios are the edible seeds of the pistachio tree, native to Central Asia and the Middle East. They are typically …
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Cohnii Oil
Cohnii oil is a type of oil derived from the algae *Schizochytrium* species. It is processed through fermentation and extraction …
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Organic Non Hydrogenated Palm Oil
Organic non-hydrogenated palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. 'Organic' indicates it …
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Palm Coconut
Palm Coconut refers to fats and oils derived from both the fruit of the oil palm tree and the kernel …
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Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
Partially hydrogenated palm kernel and palm oil is a type of fat made from palm kernel oil and palm oil. …
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Canola Corn Sunflower Oil
Canola oil, corn oil, and sunflower oil are all common vegetable oils derived from plants. Canola oil comes from the …
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Soybean Oil Yeast
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
What is Soybean Oil Yeast? →
Palm Oil And Rapeseed Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while rapeseed oil (often called …
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White Sesame Oil
White sesame oil is a cooking oil made from toasted white sesame seeds. The seeds are pressed to extract their …
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Canola Palm Soybean Oil With TBHQ For Freshness
This is a blend of oils derived from canola, palm, and soybean plants. These vegetable oils are processed to create …
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Roasted Peanut Oil
Roasted peanut oil is a cooking oil made from roasted peanuts. Roasting the peanuts before pressing them for oil brings …
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Vegetable Oil Peanut
Vegetable oil made from peanuts. Peanuts are legumes grown in warm climates. The oil is extracted by pressing the peanuts …
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Expeller Pressed Sunflower Seed
Expeller-pressed sunflower seed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds using a mechanical pressing method without the use …
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Sunflower And Palm
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit …
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Hydrogenated Palm Fat
Hydrogenated palm fat is a type of fat made from palm oil. Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of …
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Soybean Oil And Natural Flavors
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Soybean Coconut Oil
Soybean coconut oil is a blend of soybean oil and coconut oil. Soybean oil comes from the seeds of the …
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High Oleic Expeller-pressed Safflower Or Sunflower Oil
This is a type of vegetable oil derived from safflower or sunflower seeds that have been bred to have a …
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Cocoa Butter Coconut Oil
Cocoa butter is the natural fat found in cocoa beans. It is extracted from the cocoa bean during the process …
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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.