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.
Palm Kernel And Palm With TBHQ For Freshness
Palm kernel oil and palm oil are fats extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees. TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone) is …
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Cottonseed Oil Or Sunflower Oil
Cottonseed oil is extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. Sunflower oil comes from pressing the seeds of sunflowers. Both …
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Oleic Safflower Oil
Oleic safflower oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the safflower plant. It is a …
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Non-gmo Palm Fruit Oil
Non-GMO Palm Fruit Oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is extracted from …
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Oil: 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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Vegatable Oil
Vegetable oil is a liquid fat extracted from plants. Common sources include soybeans, corn, canola, and sunflowers. It is typically …
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Cottonseed Oil And Fully Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of cotton plants. The seeds are cleaned, delinted, and then …
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Coating Set In Vegetable Oil
This is a blend of vegetable oils, often including palm oil or soybean oil, that have been hydrogenated or interesterified. …
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Organic Cold Pressed Sunflower Seed Oil
Organic cold-pressed sunflower seed oil is a cooking oil extracted from sunflower seeds without using heat or chemical solvents. This …
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Refined Sunflower Oil Is Used As A Processing Aid
Refined sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. The seeds are typically pressed to extract the oil, …
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Gmo-free Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil made from sunflower seeds. It is produced by pressing the seeds to extract their …
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Canola Oll
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The plant is a cultivar of …
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Vegetable Oll
Vegetable oil is a general term for oils extracted from plants, such as soybeans, corn, canola, or sunflowers. These oils …
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Palm Fractionated Palm And Canola Oils
Palm fractionated palm and canola oils are a blend of oils derived from palm fruit and the seeds of the …
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Soybean Shortening
Soybean shortening is a solid fat made from soybean oil. The oil is hydrogenated, a process that adds hydrogen to …
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Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil Powder
Medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil powder is made by combining MCT oil with a carrier, such as starch or maltodextrin. …
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Margarines
Margarine is a spread used as a butter substitute, made primarily from vegetable oils and water. It is created by …
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Medium Chain Triglycerides From Highly Refined Coconut Oil
Medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) are a type of fat. They are made from coconut oil or palm kernel oil through …
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Peanut Soy Coconut Oil
This ingredient is a blend of oils derived from peanuts, soybeans, and coconuts. The oils are extracted from the respective …
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Organic Mct Oil From Coconut
Medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil is a type of fat made from coconut or palm kernel oil. It is processed to …
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Sunflower Oil Rapeseed Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. Rapeseed oil is a vegetable oil …
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Mct & Butter Blend
This is a blend of butter, typically from cows, and medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). MCTs are fats that are more easily …
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Vegetable Fat Blend
A vegetable fat blend is a mixture of different fats and oils derived from plants. Manufacturers create these blends to …
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Sauteed In Vegetable Oil
Vegetable oil is a fat extracted from plants, typically from seeds, fruits, or nuts. It is made through processes like …
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Palm Oil: Shea Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while shea oil is a …
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Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil and hydrogenated rapeseed oil are fats made from vegetable oils. The process of hydrogenation adds hydrogen to …
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Soybean Oil / Cottonseed Oil For Passover
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Cottonseed oil is extracted from the …
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Roasted In Peanut And/ Or Canola Oil
This ingredient is made from peanuts and/or canola seeds that have been roasted. The roasting process is often done in …
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Unsalted Butter From Sweet Cream
Unsalted butter from sweet cream is a dairy product made from churning pasteurized cream. The churning process separates the butterfat …
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High Oleic Sunflower Oil Coconut Oil
High oleic sunflower oil is a type of sunflower oil that has a higher concentration of oleic acid, a monounsaturated …
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Canola Or Corn
Canola oil is made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. Corn oil is pressed from …
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Whipped Non-diary Cream
Whipped non-dairy cream is a plant-based alternative to traditional dairy whipped cream. It is typically made from a blend of …
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Fractionated Palm Oil Palm Oil
Fractionated palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is produced by separating …
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Organic Sunflower Soybean Oil
Organic sunflower soybean oil is a blend of oils derived from organically grown sunflowers and soybeans. The seeds are typically …
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High Oleic Canola Palm
High Oleic Canola Palm refers to a blend of high oleic canola oil and palm oil. High oleic canola oil …
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Concentrated Milkfat
Concentrated milkfat, also known as butter oil or ghee, is the pure fat component of milk. It is made by …
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Cooking Oil
Cooking oil is a liquid fat derived from plant sources such as soybeans, corn, olives, or canola, or from animal …
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Hydrogenated Vegetables Oils
Hydrogenated vegetable oils are made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils, a process that changes their chemical structure. This …
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Vegetable Palm Oil With TBHQ
Vegetable palm oil is a type of edible oil extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a …
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Shea Fat
Shea fat is a fat derived from the nut of the African shea tree. The nuts are typically roasted, shelled, …
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Soy Vegetable Fat
Soy vegetable fat is a type of fat derived from soybeans. It is extracted from the soybean plant and processed …
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Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed
Hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed is a blend of soybean oil and cottonseed oil that has undergone a process called hydrogenation. …
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Sunflower And Shea
Sunflower and shea are plant-based fats. Sunflower oil comes from pressing sunflower seeds, while shea butter comes from the nuts …
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Emulsified Oil
Emulsified oil is a mixture of oil and water that has been processed to combine them into a stable, uniform …
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Rape-seed Oil
Rapeseed oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. The seeds are typically crushed to …
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Chocolate Compound Coating
Chocolate compound coating is a confectionary coating designed to mimic the appearance and taste of real chocolate but at a …
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Vegetable Oil: Rapeseed
Rapeseed oil, also known as canola oil, is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the rapeseed plant. The …
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Refined Vegetable Fat
Refined vegetable fat is a general term for fats and oils derived from plants that have undergone processing. This processing …
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Copra
Copra is the dried kernel of the coconut palm. It is the source of coconut oil and is produced by …
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Pastry Margarine
Pastry margarine is a type of margarine specifically formulated for use in baking, particularly for pastries and doughs. It typically …
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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.