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.
Organic Almond Oil
Organic almond oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the kernels of almond trees. It is extracted from raw or …
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Black Sesame Seed Oil
Black sesame seed oil is a cooking oil pressed from roasted black sesame seeds. The roasting process gives the oil …
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Extra Light Olive Oil
Extra light olive oil is a refined olive oil with a very pale color and a neutral flavor. It is …
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Corn Oil With TBHQ And Citric Acid
Corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the germ of corn kernels. It is a common cooking oil used …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oils
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil is a type of fat made from soybean oil. It goes through a process called partial …
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Emulsified Vegetable Shortening
Emulsified vegetable shortening is a solid fat made from vegetable oils, often soybean or palm oil. The oils are typically …
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Trans Fat Free Margarine
Trans fat free margarine is a spreadable food product designed as a butter substitute. It is typically made from a …
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Palm Oil Flakes
Palm oil flakes are a solid form of palm oil, which is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of …
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Poppyseed Dressing: Soybean Oil
Soybean oil, also known as soy oil, is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It …
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Palm Ol
Palm oil is a common vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is one of …
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Shortening Interesterified Soybean Oil
Shortening interesterified soybean oil is a type of fat made from soybean oil that has been processed to change its …
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Rbd
RBD stands for Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized. This is a process applied to oils and fats to remove impurities, color, …
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Vegetable Shortening Powder
Vegetable shortening powder is a dry form of vegetable shortening, which is typically made from vegetable oils like soybean or …
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Canola Oil & Up To 10% Extra Virgin Olive Oil
This ingredient is a blend primarily composed of canola oil, with up to 10% extra virgin olive oil added. Canola …
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Powdered Shortening
Powdered shortening is a type of fat that has been processed to be a powder. It is typically made from …
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Soy And Cottonseed Oil
Soy and cottonseed oils are vegetable oils derived from soybeans and cottonseeds, respectively. They are extracted from the seeds through …
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. It …
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Vegetal Fat
Vegetal fat, also known as plant-based fat, is a type of fat derived from plants. It is primarily composed of …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soy And Cotton Seed Oil
Partially hydrogenated soy and cottonseed oil is a blend of soybean oil and cottonseed oil that has undergone a process …
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Palm & Soy Bean Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palms. Soybean oil is extracted from the seeds …
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Cold Pressed Organic Olive Oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat extracted from olives, the fruit of the olive tree. 'Cold-pressed' means the oil was …
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Spread Made With: Interesterified Soybean Oil
Interesterified soybean oil is a type of fat made from soybean oil. The process of interesterification rearranges the fatty acids …
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Expeller Safflower Oil
Expeller safflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from safflower seeds. The expeller-pressing method uses mechanical pressure to extract the …
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Raw Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Raw extra virgin coconut oil is an edible oil made from the fresh, mature meat of coconuts. It is typically …
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Coconut Soybean Oil
Coconut soybean oil is a blend of coconut oil and soybean oil. Both oils are derived from plants – coconuts …
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Oleo
"Oleo" is a general term that often refers to margarine or oleomargarine, a butter substitute. It is typically made from …
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Garlic And Herb Butter Oil Blend
This is a blend of butter oil and other oils, infused with garlic and herbs. The butter oil comes from …
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Par Fried In Canola Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. It is processed and refined for …
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Roasted In Cottonseed Canola Oil
This is a blend of two vegetable oils: canola oil and cottonseed oil, both of which have been roasted. Canola …
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Sunflower Fat
Sunflower fat is a vegetable oil derived from sunflower seeds. It is typically processed through extraction and refining to create …
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First Cold Pressed Organic Canola Oil
First cold pressed organic canola oil is a vegetable oil made from pressing the seeds of the canola plant. The …
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Coconut Cottonseed Oil
Coconut cottonseed oil is a blend of refined coconut oil and refined cottonseed oil. Coconut oil comes from the meat …
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Roasted Peanuts And Peanut Oil
Roasted peanuts are peanuts that have been heated to improve flavor and texture. Peanut oil is extracted from roasted peanuts …
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Non Hydrogenated Soy Bean 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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Salt Sunflower Oil
Salt Sunflower Oil refers to a product that contains both salt and sunflower oil. Salt is sodium chloride, a mineral …
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Avocado Dressing
Avocado dressing is a creamy salad dressing made primarily from mashed or pureed avocados. It often includes other ingredients like …
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Soybean Oil And Olive Pomace Oil With Annatto
This ingredient is a blend of soybean oil and olive pomace oil, with annatto added for color. Soybean oil is …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil
Organic expeller-pressed unrefined virgin coconut oil is a type of edible fat extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. "Virgin" …
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Fresh Ham Fat
Fresh ham fat is the fat rendered from a pig, specifically from the ham portion. It is obtained by heating …
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Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Kernel Oil
Partially hydrogenated soybean and palm kernel oil is a type of fat made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils …
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Homogenized Shortening
Homogenized shortening is a solid fat, typically made from vegetable oils, that has been processed to have a smooth, uniform …
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Vinaigrette Dressing
Vinaigrette dressing is a sauce made by mixing an oil (such as olive or vegetable oil) with an acid (typically …
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Not More Than 2% Olive Oil Added As A Processing Aid
Olive oil is a liquid fat made by pressing olives, a fruit native to the Mediterranean region. It is used …
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Palm Soy Cottonseed
Palm oil, soybean oil, and cottonseed oil are plant-based fats. Palm oil comes from the fruit of the oil palm …
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Sunflower Oil Water
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. It is a common cooking oil, often chosen for its …
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Sustainable Palm Shortening
Palm shortening is a semi-solid fat made from palm oil. It is processed to be solid at room temperature, giving …
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Coconut Oil And Safflower Oil
Coconut oil is a plant-based oil extracted from the meat of coconuts. Safflower oil is a vegetable oil obtained from …
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Palm Oil Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable fat extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while palm kernel oil comes …
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Non - Gm 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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Liquid Butter
Liquid butter is a form of butterfat that stays liquid at room temperature. It is made by removing water and …
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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.