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.
Sesame Seed Oil & Spices
Sesame seed oil is a vegetable oil made from sesame seeds. The seeds are typically toasted before being pressed to …
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Cocoa Butter Sunflower Oil
Cocoa butter is the fat extracted from cocoa beans. It is a solid at room temperature but melts easily. Sunflower …
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Palm And Or Canola Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. Canola oil is a vegetable oil …
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Fair Trade Certified Organic Cocoa Butter
Cocoa butter is the natural fat found in cocoa beans. It is extracted from the cocoa bean during the process …
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Sunflower Palm Fruit Oil
Sunflower Palm Fruit Oil is a blend of oils derived from sunflowers and palm fruit. The specific ratio can vary, …
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Organic Sunflower Organic Safflower
Organic sunflower oil and organic safflower oil are edible oils extracted from the seeds of the sunflower and safflower plants, …
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Refined Vegetable Fats
Refined vegetable fats are oils extracted from plants and then processed to remove impurities, color, and odor. This refining process …
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Palm Fruit And Canola Oils
Palm fruit oil and canola oil are edible oils derived from plants. Palm fruit oil comes from the fruit of …
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil From 100% Organic Olives Natural
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from 100% organic olives. It is produced by …
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Cold Pressed & Unfiltered
Cold-pressed oil is made by crushing seeds or fruits and pressing out the oil without using heat. Unfiltered oil has …
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Coconut Palm Kernel Palm
Coconut palm kernel oil is a vegetable oil derived from the kernel of the coconut palm. It is extracted from …
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Canola Palm Soybean Oil
This ingredient is a blend of three common vegetable oils: canola oil, palm oil, and soybean oil. Canola oil comes …
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Palm Kernel Oil Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Palm kernel oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the kernel, or inner seed, of the oil palm tree. …
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Dressing Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce or dressing. It is typically made from oil, egg yolk, and an acidic ingredient …
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Menhaden Oil
Menhaden oil is a fish oil derived from menhaden, a type of oily fish found along the Atlantic coast of …
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Olive Oil Water
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, a traditional tree fruit native to the Mediterranean region. It is …
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Fractionated Palm And Soybean Oils
Fractionated palm and soybean oils are vegetable oils that have been processed to separate them into different components. This is …
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Sunflower Oil & Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Sunflower oil is extracted from sunflower seeds, and extra virgin olive oil is pressed from olives. Both are common cooking …
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Palm Cottonseed Soy Oils
Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees, while cottonseed oil comes from the seeds of cotton …
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Pan Oil
Pan oil is a type of vegetable oil used in baking. It is typically made from soybean, canola, or palm …
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Breading Is Set In Soybean Oil
Breading is a coating applied to foods before frying or baking. It is typically made from crushed bread, crackers, or …
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Soy Or Canola
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Canola oil is made from a …
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Safflower Oil And Lactic Acid
Safflower oil is a cooking oil pressed from the seeds of the safflower plant. Lactic acid is a mild organic …
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Sunflower Palm
Sunflower palm is a blend of sunflower oil and palm oil. Sunflower oil is extracted from sunflower seeds, while palm …
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Coconut Canola Oil
Coconut canola oil is a blend of coconut oil and canola oil. Coconut oil comes from the meat of mature …
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Palm Shortening Palm Oil
Palm shortening is a semi-solid fat made from palm oil. Palm oil comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, …
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Palm And Fractionated Palm Oils
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees. Fractionated palm oil is …
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Corn Peanut Oil
Corn peanut oil is a blend of corn oil and peanut oil. Corn oil is extracted from the germ of …
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100% Avocado Oil
Avocado oil is a cooking oil made from the pulp of the avocado fruit. It is extracted by pressing the …
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Shortening Blend
Shortening blend is a mixture of fats, typically vegetable oils, that are solid at room temperature. These fats are processed …
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Shea Nut Illipe Nut
Shea nut butter and illipe nut butter are fats derived from the nuts of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) and …
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Lipolyzed Butter Oil And Natural And Artificial Flavors
Lipolyzed butter oil is a dairy-derived fat made from butter. It is produced by breaking down butterfat to enhance its …
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Fry Oil
Fry oil is a type of oil specifically chosen for its ability to withstand high temperatures during deep-frying. It is …
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Ranch Dressing Canola 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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Extra Virgin Olive Oil 98
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. It …
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Blended Oils
Blended oils are mixtures of two or more different types of edible oils. They are typically made by physically combining …
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Treated With Organic Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. It is commonly used in cooking …
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Canola Oil Soy Lecithin
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. The seeds …
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Oil Shortening
Oil shortening is a solid fat, typically made from vegetable oils like soybean, palm, or canola. It is processed to …
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Vegetable Fat & Oil
Vegetable fats and oils are fats and oils derived from plants. They are extracted from various sources like seeds, fruits, …
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Soybean Oil Butter
Soybean oil butter is a plant-based fat made from soybeans. The soybeans are typically pressed to extract the oil, which …
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Hydrogenated Palm Stearin
Hydrogenated palm stearin is a type of fat derived from palm oil. It is made by a process called hydrogenation, …
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Rspo Sustainable Palm Oil
Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is extracted …
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil And Cold Pressed Lime Oil Blend
This blend combines extra virgin olive oil, a natural oil extracted from olives, with cold-pressed lime oil, which is derived …
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Copra Fat
Copra fat is another name for coconut oil. It is a type of edible oil extracted from the kernel, or …
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Corn Oil Cottonseed Oil Sunflower Oil
Corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the germ of corn kernels. Cottonseed oil is pressed from the seeds …
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Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil: Citric Acid
Hydrogenated palm kernel oil is a type of fat made from palm kernel oil. Palm kernels are the seeds of …
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Palmol
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a semi-solid fat at …
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Artificial Color 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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Cottonseed Oil Rice Oil
Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant. After the cotton fibers are removed, …
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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.