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 Canola Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The term 'expeller pressed' means the …
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Soybean Cottonseed Oils
Soybean oil is extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton …
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Butteroil
Butteroil is a concentrated milk fat product made by removing nearly all the water and non-fat milk solids from butter …
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Organic Coconut Milk
Organic coconut milk is a liquid made from the white flesh of mature organic coconuts. The flesh is typically grated, …
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Soy Bean 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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Palm Shortening
Palm shortening is a solid fat derived from palm oil, which comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree. …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
Partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils are fats that have undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen …
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Pork Fat
Pork fat, also known as lard, is the rendered fat from pigs. It is typically made by heating pork fat …
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Liquid Soybean Oil
Liquid soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from soybeans. It is a common cooking oil and a key ingredient …
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Palm Fat
Palm fat, also known as palm oil, is a type of vegetable fat obtained from the fruit of the oil …
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Fried In Vegetable Oil
Vegetable oil is a general term for oils derived from plant sources, such as soybeans, corn, canola, or sunflower seeds. …
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Organic Olive Oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, the fruit of the olive tree. It is produced by pressing …
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Cottonseed Soybean
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. After the cotton fibers are removed, …
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Palm/palm Kernel Oil
Palm oil and palm kernel oil are edible vegetable oils extracted from the oil palm tree. Palm oil comes from …
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Soybean Cottonseed
Soybean and cottonseed are both oilseeds. Soybean oil is extracted from soybeans, which are legumes. Cottonseed oil is extracted from …
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High Oleic Safflower Oil
High oleic safflower oil is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the safflower plant. It is a monounsaturated …
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Palm And Soybean Oils
Palm and soybean oils are fats derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree and the soybean, respectively. These …
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Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil
Partially hydrogenated palm oil is a fat made from palm oil that has been chemically altered through a process called …
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Organic Coconut Cream
Organic coconut cream is made from the white flesh of mature organic coconuts. The flesh is pressed to extract a …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
Partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil is a type of fat made from liquid vegetable oils (soybean and cottonseed) that …
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Clarified Butter
Clarified butter is butter with its water and milk solids removed. It is made by gently heating butter, which causes …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Cottonseed Oil
Partially hydrogenated soybean cottonseed oil is a type of fat made by adding hydrogen to liquid soybean and cottonseed oils. …
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High Oleic Soybean Oil
High oleic soybean oil is a type of soybean oil that has been bred or processed to have a higher …
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Anhydrous Milk Fat
Anhydrous milk fat is a dairy product made by removing almost all the water and non-fat solids from cream or …
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Palm Oil And Soybean Oil
Palm oil comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while soybean oil is pressed from soybean seeds. Both …
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Organic Palm Fruit Oil
Organic palm fruit oil is a vegetable oil derived from the flesh of the palm fruit. It is produced by …
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Palm Kernel And Palm Oils
Palm kernel oil and palm oil are vegetable oils derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Palm oil …
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Tallow
Tallow is a type of rendered fat, usually from cattle or sheep. It is made by melting down the fatty …
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Non-gmo/expeller-pressed Canola Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The term 'canola' is a portmanteau …
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Palm And Soybean Oil
Palm and soybean oil are common cooking oils derived from plants. Palm oil comes from the fruit of oil palm …
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Fully Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
Fully hydrogenated vegetable oils are fats made from liquid vegetable oils, such as soybean, palm, or canola oil. They are …
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Oil Blend
An oil blend is a mixture of two or more different edible oils. These oils can come from various plant …
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Sunflower Or Canola Oil
Sunflower oil and canola oil are common cooking oils. Sunflower oil is pressed from sunflower seeds, while canola oil comes …
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Palm Kernel Palm Oil
Palm kernel palm oil refers to fats obtained from the oil palm tree. Palm oil is extracted from the fleshy …
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Cacao Butter
Cacao butter is the fat extracted from cacao beans, the same beans used to make chocolate. It is a pale …
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Liquid And Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil is a blend of soybean oil in its natural liquid state and soybean oil that …
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Canola Oil Soybean Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. Soybean oil is made from soybeans. …
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Palm And Palm Kernel
Palm oil and palm kernel oil are vegetable oils derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. Palm oil comes …
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Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
Hydrogenated vegetable oils are vegetable oils that have undergone a process called hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen to the oil, …
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Organic Expeller-pressed Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. Organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil is made without the use of …
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Mct Oil
MCT oil is a type of fat derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. It is made by processing these …
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Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
Partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil is a type of fat made from cottonseed oil. It undergoes a process called partial hydrogenation, …
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Organic Vegetable Oil
Organic vegetable oil is a general term for oil extracted from plants grown using organic farming methods, meaning without synthetic …
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Canola Soybean
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The plant is a cultivar of …
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Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
Partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening is a type of fat made from vegetable oils that have undergone a process called partial …
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Canola Corn 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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Palm Soybean Oil
Palm soybean oil is a blend of palm oil and soybean oil. Palm oil comes from the fruit of oil …
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Soybean Sunflower
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 Or Canola Oil
Soybean oil is extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Canola oil comes from a variety of rapeseed. Both …
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Soybean Oil Palm Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Palm oil comes from the fruit …
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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.