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.
Hydrogenated Tallow
Hydrogenated tallow is a type of fat derived from beef or mutton fat (tallow). The hydrogenation process adds hydrogen to …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Soybean Oil
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. 'Expeller pressed' means the oil was …
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Palm Fruit
Palm fruit is the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis). Palm oil, a widely used vegetable oil, is …
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Partially Hydrogenated Coconut Oil
Partially hydrogenated coconut oil is a type of fat derived from coconuts. It is made by adding hydrogen to liquid …
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Palm Kernel Oil Palm Oil
Palm kernel oil is a type of vegetable oil that comes from the seeds (kernels) of the oil palm tree. …
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Blend Of Vegetable Oils
A blend of vegetable oils is a mixture of two or more refined vegetable oils. These oils can come from …
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Mustard Oil
Mustard oil is a cooking oil pressed from mustard seeds. It is popular in South Asian and some other cuisines. …
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Canola Soybean Palm Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. Soybean oil is made from the …
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Canola Or Soybean Oil
Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a plant in the mustard family. Soybean oil is made from soybeans. Both are …
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Expeller Pressed Canola Oil Safflower Oil Sunflower Oil
This is a blend of vegetable oils, primarily canola, safflower, and sunflower oils. They are extracted from seeds using a …
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Soybean Oil Corn 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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Peanut Canola Cottonseed Oil
This is a blend of three common vegetable oils: peanut oil, canola oil, and cottonseed oil. Peanut oil is pressed …
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Palm Olein
Palm olein is the liquid portion of palm oil, which is separated from the solid portion through a process called …
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Beef Tallow
Beef tallow is a rendered fat obtained from cattle. It is produced by heating the fatty tissues of beef until …
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Fractionated Coconut Oil
Fractionated coconut oil is a liquid oil made from whole coconut oil. The process removes most of the solid fats …
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Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
Modified palm and palm kernel oil is a type of vegetable oil that has been physically or chemically altered. It …
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Bacon Fat
Bacon fat is the rendered fat from pork. It is a byproduct of curing and cooking pork belly, commonly used …
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Anhydrous Milkfat
Anhydrous milkfat is a dairy product that consists almost entirely of milkfat, with nearly all the water and non-fat milk …
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Cooked In Vegetable Oil
This ingredient refers to a vegetable oil that has been heated to a high temperature. Vegetable oils are typically derived …
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Oils: Canola
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 Soybean 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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Shea
Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree. The nuts are typically boiled, then …
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Sunflower Oil Canola Oil
Sunflower oil is extracted from sunflower seeds. Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a type of mustard plant. Both are …
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Canola/soy
Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a plant in the mustard family. Soy oil is made from soybeans, a legume. …
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Non Hydrogenated Palm Oil
Non-hydrogenated palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a solid or …
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Vegetable Fats
Vegetable fats are oils derived from plants. They can come from various sources like soybeans, corn, palm, or coconut. These …
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Sunflower Soybean
Sunflower soybean is a blend of sunflower oil and soybean oil. Both oils are extracted from their respective seeds. The …
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Palm Kernel Oil And Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from the seed (kernel) of the oil palm tree. It is a …
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Turkey Fat
Turkey fat is the rendered fat from turkeys. It is a byproduct of turkey processing and is often used for …
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Peanut Sunflower Oil
Peanut sunflower oil is a blend of oils derived from peanuts and sunflowers. It is created by combining refined peanut …
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High Oleic Sunflower
High oleic sunflower oil is a type of sunflower oil that has been bred to have a higher concentration of …
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Safflower Canola Oil
Safflower Canola Oil is a blend of oils derived from the seeds of the safflower and canola plants. Canola oil …
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Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
Organic virgin coconut oil is the oil extracted from fresh, dried coconut kernels without using high heat or chemical solvents. …
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Stearic Acid
Stearic acid is a common saturated fatty acid. It is found naturally in many animal fats and vegetable oils, such …
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Corn Canola Oil
Corn canola oil is a blend of two common vegetable oils: corn oil and canola oil. Corn oil is extracted …
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High Oleic Canola Oil Soybean Oil
This ingredient is a blend of two vegetable oils: high oleic canola oil and soybean oil. High oleic canola oil …
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Soybean Palm Oil
Soybean palm oil is a blend of soybean oil and palm oil. Both oils are derived from plants: soybean oil …
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Pure Olive Oil
Pure olive oil is the oil extracted from ripe olives, a fruit native to the Mediterranean region. It is produced …
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Interesterified And Hydrogenated Soybean Oils
These are soybean oils that have been modified to improve their texture and stability. The process involves interesterification, which rearranges …
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Refined Coconut Oil
Refined coconut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. The refining process removes impurities, resulting …
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Grapeseed Oil
Grapeseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of grapes. The seeds are a byproduct of winemaking. The …
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Fully Refined Soybean Oil
Fully refined soybean oil is a vegetable oil derived from soybeans. It is processed to remove impurities, color, and odor, …
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Canola Peanut Cottonseed Oil
Canola oil is made from rapeseed plants, bred to have lower levels of erucic acid. Peanut oil is extracted from …
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Butter Fat
Butter fat is the concentrated fat component of milk. It is made by removing water and milk solids from butter, …
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Organic Tahini
Organic tahini is a paste made from ground, hulled organic sesame seeds. It is a staple in Middle Eastern cuisine …
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Cottonseed Canola Soybean
Cottonseed, canola, and soybean are all oilseed crops. The seeds are crushed and processed to extract vegetable oils, which are …
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Peanut Cottonseed Oil
Peanut cottonseed oil is a blend of oils derived from peanuts and cottonseeds. The seeds are typically pressed or solvent-extracted …
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Safflower Sunflower Oil
Safflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the safflower plant. The plant is native to parts …
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Hydrogenated Coconut
Hydrogenated coconut oil is a solid fat made from coconut oil. Coconut oil is extracted from the white flesh of …
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Sunflower Safflower
Sunflower and safflower are plants grown for their seeds. The seeds are pressed to extract oil, which is then refined …
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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.