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.
Canola And Sunflower Oils
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. Sunflower oil …
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Hydrogenated And Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil are fats made from palm kernel oil, which is extracted from the kernel …
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Trisun Oil
Trisun oil is a blend of sunflower, soybean, and canola oils. It is a liquid vegetable oil designed to provide …
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Sugar Margarine
Sugar margarine is a food ingredient that combines margarine with added sugar. Margarine is an emulsion of vegetable oils and …
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Palm Oil Palm Kernel Oil Soybean Oil
Palm oil, palm kernel oil, and soybean oil are vegetable fats extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, …
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Possibly Some Peanut Oil
Peanut oil is a vegetable oil extracted from roasted peanuts. It is known for its distinct nutty flavor and high …
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Cottonseed And Sunflower Oils
Cottonseed oil is pressed from the seeds of cotton plants, while sunflower oil comes from pressing sunflower seeds. Both are …
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Margarine-like Spread
Margarine-like spread is a food product designed to mimic the texture and culinary uses of butter. It is typically made …
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Smart Balance Light Buttery Spread
Smart Balance Light Buttery Spread is a commercial food product designed to be a butter substitute. It is made by …
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Z-trim Fat Substitute
Z-trim is a plant-based fat substitute made from corn starch. It is processed to create a texture that mimics the …
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Expeller Non Gmo Canola Oil
Expeller non-GMO canola oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the canola plant. The 'expeller' method means …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Safflower Seed Oil
Safflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the safflower plant. The term 'expeller pressed' means the …
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil 20
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. It's …
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Palm Oil Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
This ingredient is a blend of palm oil and hydrogenated cottonseed oil. Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of …
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Non-hydrogenated Palm Fruit
Non-hydrogenated palm fruit oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is …
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100% Organic Unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is an edible oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. Virgin coconut oil is typically made by …
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40% Butterfat
Butterfat is the fatty component of milk, separated from other milk solids and water. It is a natural ingredient derived …
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Soybean Oil And Cottonseed Oils
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Cottonseed oil is extracted from the …
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Red Palm Fruit Oil
Red palm fruit oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis). …
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Blended Canola/olive Oil
This is a blend of canola oil and olive oil. Canola oil is made from rapeseed, a plant in the …
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Beef And Vegetable Fat
Beef and vegetable fat is a blend of fat obtained from cattle and fats derived from plants. Beef fat, also …
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Expeller Pressed Olive Oil
Expeller pressed olive oil is a type of vegetable oil extracted from olives. It is produced by mechanically pressing olives …
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Contain Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. It is a common cooking oil, …
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Dehydrated Butter Oil
Dehydrated butter oil is a concentrated form of butterfat, made by removing nearly all the water and non-fat milk solids …
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Safflower Sunflower And Sea Salt
Safflower oil and sunflower oil are vegetable oils extracted from the seeds of the safflower and sunflower plants, respectively. Sea …
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Whey Butter
Whey butter is a type of butter made from whey cream, a byproduct of cheese production. After milk is separated …
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Corn Or Palm Olein
Olein refers to the liquid portion of an oil or fat. Corn olein is derived from corn oil, and palm …
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Canola Oil Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. It is processed to remove impurities …
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Parfried With Clear Liquid Frying Shortening
This ingredient refers to food that has been fried in a clear liquid shortening. Shortenings are fats or oils used …
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Fully Refined Palm Oil
Fully refined palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It undergoes extensive …
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Vegetable And Animal Shortening
Vegetable and animal shortening is a solid fat made from a blend of animal fats (like lard or tallow) and …
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Veg Oil
Vegetable oil is a general term for oils derived from plants. Common sources include soybeans, corn, canola (rapeseed), sunflowers, and …
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Beef Fat With Tocopherol
Beef fat with tocopherol is a food ingredient made from rendered fat from cattle, with added tocopherol. Beef fat is …
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Margarine Canola Oil
Margarine made with canola oil is a spread used as a butter substitute. It is an emulsion, meaning it's a …
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Almonds Roasted In Canola Oil
Almonds are the edible seeds of the almond tree, native to the Middle East and South Asia. For this product, …
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Sunflower Seed Safflower Seed Oil
Sunflower seed oil and safflower seed oil are vegetable oils extracted from the seeds of sunflowers and safflower plants, respectively. …
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Sunflower Oil And Smoke
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. It is a common cooking oil known for its light …
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Lard BHA Propyl Gallate With Citric Acid Added
Lard is a rendered fat from pigs. It is often combined with antioxidants like BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole), propyl gallate, and …
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Canola And Palm Oils
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant, a variety of rapeseed. Palm oil …
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Organic Sunflower Oil Organic Soybean Oil
This ingredient is a blend of two vegetable oils: sunflower oil and soybean oil. Sunflower oil is extracted from the …
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Highly Refined Peanut Cottonseed Palm Oil
This ingredient is a blend of three highly refined oils: peanut oil, cottonseed oil, and palm oil. Refining is a …
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Hi-oleic Canola Oil
Hi-oleic canola oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the canola plant. It is bred …
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Palm Kernal Oils
Palm kernel oil is a type of vegetable oil obtained from the kernel (seed) of the oil palm fruit. It …
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Palm Kernel And Canola Oil
This ingredient is a blend of palm kernel oil and canola oil. Palm kernel oil is extracted from the kernel …
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Organic Expeller Pressed Sunflower And /or Safflower Oil
Sunflower and safflower oils are extracted from the seeds of these plants. 'Expeller pressed' means the oil is extracted using …
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Palm Kernel Oil/and Or Palm Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while palm kernel oil is …
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Veal Fat
Veal fat is the rendered fat from calves. It is a solid fat at room temperature, similar to beef tallow …
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Olive Oil/canola Blend
This ingredient is a blend of olive oil and canola oil, both plant-based oils. Olive oil comes from pressed olives, …
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Shortening And Margarine Blend
Shortening and margarine blend is a mixture of two fat products: shortening and margarine. Shortening is a solid fat, often …
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Palm Kernel And Hydrogenated Palm Oils
Palm kernel oil is an edible vegetable fat extracted from the kernel of the oil palm tree. Hydrogenated palm oils …
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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.