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.
Sugar Vegetable Oil
Vegetable oil is a fat extracted from plants. Common sources include soybeans, corn, canola, and sunflowers. The oil is typically …
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Organic Flaxseed Oil
Organic flaxseed oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the flax plant. The seeds are typically cold-pressed …
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Expeller Pressed High Oleic Oil
Expeller pressed high oleic oil is a type of vegetable oil, often from sunflowers or safflowers, that has been bred …
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Partially Hydrogenated Oils: Soybean
Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are fats created by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils, such as soybean oil. This process, …
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Organic Chia Seed Oil
Organic chia seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the Salvia hispanica L. plant, commonly known as chia. The …
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Olive/canola Oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, the fruit of the olive tree. Canola oil is a vegetable …
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Expeller Pressed Soybean Oil And Salt
Expeller pressed soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from soybeans using mechanical pressure, rather than chemical solvents. Salt, also …
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Responsibly Sourced Palm Oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is extracted by …
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Organic Ghee
Organic ghee is a type of clarified butter. It is made by simmering butter, which separates the milk solids and …
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Palmkernel Oil
Palmkernel oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from the kernel, or seed, of the oil palm fruit. It …
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Canola High Oleic Sunflower Oil
Canola high oleic sunflower oil is a blend of two vegetable oils. Canola oil comes from the seeds of the …
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Non-gmo Vegan Butter
Non-GMO Vegan Butter is a butter substitute made without animal products or genetically modified organisms. It is typically created by …
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Soy-free Buttery Spread
Soy-free buttery spread is a plant-based alternative to butter or margarine that does not contain soy ingredients. It is typically …
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Olive Oil Extra Virgin
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. It's …
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Hydrogenated Palm Kernal Oil
Hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a fat ingredient made from palm kernel oil, which comes from the kernel (seed) of …
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Organic Hemp Seed Oil
Organic hemp seed oil is pressed from the seeds of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.). The seeds are typically …
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Canola Or Soy
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. Soy oil is made from soybeans. …
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Non - Dairy Cream
Non-dairy cream is a plant-based product designed to mimic the texture and richness of dairy cream. It is typically made …
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Light Mayonnaise
Light mayonnaise is a reduced-fat version of traditional mayonnaise. It is made by replacing some of the oil in regular …
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Refined Corn Oil Non-hydrogenated
Refined corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the germ of corn kernels. The oil is then refined, bleached, …
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Highly Refined Hazelnut Oil
Highly refined hazelnut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from hazelnuts. The refining process involves steps like degumming, bleaching, and …
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Organic Argan Oil
Organic argan oil is a cooking oil pressed from the nuts of the argan tree, native to Morocco. The nuts …
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Palm Or Soybean Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees, primarily grown in tropical regions. Soybean …
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Sunflower High Oleic Canola Oil
Sunflower high oleic canola oil is a type of cooking oil made from a variety of canola (rapeseed) that has …
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Rapeseed And Soybean Oil
Rapeseed oil, commonly known as canola oil in North America, is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the …
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Fully Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
These are fats derived from soybean and cottonseed oils that have undergone a process called hydrogenation. This process adds hydrogen …
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Vegetable Oil One Or More Of The Following: Canola
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. It is processed by crushing the …
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Rapeseed Cotton Seed Oil
Rapeseed oil, commonly known as canola oil in North America, is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the …
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Cotton Seed Oil Or Sunflower Oil
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. Sunflower oil is pressed from sunflower seeds. Both are vegetable …
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Macadamia Nut Oil
Macadamia nut oil is a cooking oil pressed from the nuts of the macadamia tree. It is known for its …
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Rendered Turkey Fat
Rendered turkey fat is the fat obtained from turkeys. It is produced by heating turkey tissue, typically from the skin …
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Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed And Soy Oils
Partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soy oils are fats that have undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process involves adding …
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Soy Shortening
Soy shortening is a solid fat made from soybean oil. It is produced by a process called hydrogenation, which makes …
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Sugar Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Sugar hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a type of fat made from palm kernel oil. Palm kernel oil comes from …
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Soybean Oil Eggs
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Topping: Margarine
Margarine is a spread used as a butter substitute. It is an emulsion, meaning it's a mixture of liquids that …
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Peanut Sunflower Seed Oil
Peanut sunflower seed oil is a blend of oils derived from peanuts and sunflower seeds. These seeds are pressed to …
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Refined Avocado Oil
Refined avocado oil is a cooking oil extracted from the flesh of avocados. It is processed to remove impurities, resulting …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Palm Kernel Oil
Palm kernel oil is a type of vegetable fat extracted from the kernel (seed) of the oil palm tree. "Expeller …
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Vegan Mayonnaise
Vegan mayonnaise is a plant-based alternative to traditional mayonnaise. It is made by emulsifying oil with an acidic liquid, such …
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Turmeric And Corn Oil
Turmeric is a spice derived from the root of the Curcuma longa plant. Corn oil is extracted from the germ …
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Palm Kernel Palm Fat
Palm kernel fat is a type of vegetable oil derived from the seeds of oil palm trees. It is a …
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Par Fried In Soybean Oil
Par-fried means partially fried. This ingredient indicates that a food product has undergone an initial frying process, typically in soybean …
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Vegetable Palm Kernel Oil
Vegetable palm kernel oil is a type of oil extracted from the kernel, or seed, of the oil palm fruit. …
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Organic Mango Butter
Mango butter is a fat derived from the pit of the mango fruit. It is typically extracted through a process …
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Pili Butter
Pili butter is a creamy spread made from pili nuts, which grow on the pili tree (Canarium ovatum) native to …
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Oil Dressing
Oil dressings are typically mixtures of oil and an acidic ingredient, such as vinegar or lemon juice. They can also …
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Refined And Deodorized Coconut Oil
Refined and deodorized coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. The refining process removes …
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Mayonnaise Packet
Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce or dressing. It is typically made from oil, egg yolk, and an acid, such …
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Sunflower Seeds Sunflower Kernels
Sunflower seeds are the fruit of the sunflower plant. The edible kernels are typically removed from the shell and may …
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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.