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.
Roasted In Cottonseed Peanut Oil
This is a cooking oil made from cottonseed and peanuts. The seeds and nuts are roasted, then pressed to extract …
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Butter Substitute
Butter substitute is a broad term for products designed to mimic the taste, texture, and cooking properties of butter. They …
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Safflower Palm Oil
Safflower palm oil is a blend of oils derived from the safflower plant and the palm fruit. Safflower oil is …
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Rapeseed Cottonseed Oil
Rapeseed oil, also known as canola oil, is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. The …
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Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil Palm Oil
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil is made by adding hydrogen to liquid cottonseed oil, a process that makes it more solid and …
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Liquid & Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of soybeans. It can be used in its liquid form …
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Cold Pressed Olive Oil
Cold-pressed olive oil is a type of olive oil made by mechanically pressing olives without using heat or chemicals. This …
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sunflower Oil
Extra virgin olive oil is the juice of fresh olives, made by pressing whole olives without the use of heat …
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Fish Oil And Fish Gelatin
Fish oil is a type of oil extracted from the tissues of oily fish. It is a rich source of …
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Organic Safflower Sunflower Oil
Organic safflower oil is a cooking oil pressed from the seeds of the safflower plant, grown organically. Safflower oil is …
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Vegetable Shortening Blend
Vegetable shortening is a solid fat made from vegetable oils. It is typically made by hydrogenating liquid vegetable oils, a …
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Colored Icing Also Contains- Shortening
Shortening is a solid fat used in food preparation, primarily in baking. It is typically made from vegetable oils, such …
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Completely Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Completely hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a type of fat made from palm kernel oil. The process of hydrogenation adds …
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Corn Oil And Beta Carotene
Corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the germ of corn. Beta-carotene is a pigment found naturally in many …
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75% 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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Canola Soybean Palm Oil With TBHQ Added
This ingredient is a blend of oils derived from canola (rapeseed) and soybeans, with TBHQ added as a preservative. Canola …
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Sunflower Oil Safflower Oil Canola Oil
Sunflower, safflower, and canola oils are liquid fats extracted from seeds. They are produced by pressing the seeds to extract …
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Diglyceride
Diglycerides are a type of fat that can be made from vegetable oils or animal fats. They are created by …
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Organic Refined Sunflower Oil
Organic refined sunflower oil is a cooking oil made from organic sunflower seeds. The seeds are pressed to extract the …
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Creamy Avocado Dressing
Creamy Avocado Dressing is a salad dressing made primarily from puréed avocado, which gives it a rich, creamy texture and …
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Organic Vegetable Shortening
Organic vegetable shortening is a solid fat made from vegetable oils, such as soybean, palm, or canola oil. The oils …
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Virgin Cacao Butter
Virgin cacao butter is the fat extracted from cacao beans, which are the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree. It …
What is Virgin Cacao Butter? →
Soybean Or 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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Olive Oil Sunflower Oil
Olive oil is the oil extracted from olives, the fruit of the olive tree. Sunflower oil is extracted from sunflower …
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Water And Soybean Oil
Water is a clear, odorless, and tasteless liquid essential for life. Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the …
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Brain Octane Oil
Brain Octane Oil (BOO) is a type of medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil. It is derived from coconut oil or palm …
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High Oleic Canola Palm Canola Soybean Oils
This is a blend of oils derived from canola (rapeseed) and soybean plants, with a specific variety of canola bred …
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Oil Roasted Cashews
Oil roasted cashews are whole or halved cashew nuts that have been roasted in oil. Cashews are kidney-shaped seeds that …
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Cold Pressed Grapeseed Oil
Cold-pressed grapeseed oil is a light-colored oil extracted from the seeds of grapes. The seeds are typically a byproduct of …
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Canola Oil Cottonseed 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 Oil Peanut Oil Sunflower Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. Peanut oil is extracted from peanuts. …
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Mct Coconut Oil
MCT coconut oil is a type of fat derived from coconut oil. It is made by processing coconut oil to …
What is Mct Coconut Oil? →
Myristic Acid
Myristic acid is a saturated fatty acid, a type of fat. It is naturally found in many animal and vegetable …
What is Myristic Acid? →
Fats
Fats are a type of nutrient that the body uses for energy. They are found in many foods, both plant …
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Fractionated Expeller Pressed Palm Kernel Oil
Fractionated expeller pressed palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from the kernel of the oil palm fruit. It …
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Coconut Oil Creamer
Coconut oil creamer is a product designed to add creaminess and flavor to beverages, often as an alternative to dairy …
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Tassos Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Tassos Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a type of olive oil made from the first pressing of olives. It is …
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Mayonnaise Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
Expeller-pressed canola oil is made from canola seeds that have been pressed to extract the oil. The expeller-pressing method uses …
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First Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil
First cold pressed extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil. It is made from the first …
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Expeller Pressed Refined Organic Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. The 'expeller pressed' method uses mechanical pressure …
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Olive & Palm
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, a traditional tree fruit native to the Mediterranean basin. Palm oil …
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Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil
Extra virgin organic olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the first pressing of organic olives …
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Pork Fatback
Pork fatback is the layer of fat found directly beneath the skin of a pig. It is typically rendered (melted …
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Blended Oil 75/25
Blended oil 75/25 is a mixture of two oils, with 75% of one type and 25% of another. The specific …
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Parsley Vegetable And Nut Oil Blend
Parsley Vegetable and Nut Oil Blend is a mixture of oils derived from plants, including parsley, and nuts. The specific …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed
Partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil is a type of fat made by adding hydrogen to liquid soybean and cottonseed …
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Margarine Unsalted
Margarine is a spread used as a butter substitute, made primarily from vegetable oils and water. It is an emulsion, …
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Water Vegetable Oil
Vegetable oil is a fat extracted from plants. Common sources include soybeans, corn, canola, and sunflowers. It is typically refined …
What is Water Vegetable Oil? →
Spray Dried Shortening
Spray-dried shortening is a type of fat that has been processed to be a powder. It is typically made from …
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Filberts/hazelnuts
Filberts, more commonly known as hazelnuts, are the edible nuts of the hazel tree. They grow in clusters and are …
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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.