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 Soybean Oil And Fractionated Shea Oil
Hydrogenated soybean oil is made by adding hydrogen to soybean oil, which changes its texture from liquid to solid or …
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Plant Butter
Plant butter is a butter substitute made from vegetable oils. It is typically formulated to mimic the taste, texture, and …
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Sunflower Non-gmo Canola Oil
Sunflower oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. It is a common cooking oil, known for its light …
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White Chocolate And Vegetable Fat Coating
White chocolate and vegetable fat coating is a confectionery product designed to mimic white chocolate. It is typically made from …
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Olive And Soybean Canola
This ingredient is a blend of three common vegetable oils: olive oil, soybean oil, and canola oil. These oils are …
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Soybean Canola And Olive Oil
This ingredient is a blend of three common vegetable oils: soybean oil, canola oil, and olive oil. Soybean oil is …
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Palm Stearin And Hydrogenated Palm Stearin
Palm stearin is the more solid part of palm oil, separated from the liquid part (palm olein) through a process …
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Palm And Palm Kernel Oil For Freshness
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree, while palm kernel oil comes …
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Natural Palm Oil Palm Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is one of the …
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Natural 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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Canola Oil 3
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The plant is a cultivar of …
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Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil Soybean Oil Canola Oil
This ingredient is a blend of cottonseed, soybean, and canola oils that have undergone hydrogenation. Hydrogenation is a process that …
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Fried In Pork Fat
Pork fat is the fat rendered from pigs. When food is "fried in pork fat," it means the food has …
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Canola Sunflower With TBHQ For Freshness
This ingredient is a blend of canola oil and sunflower oil, which are vegetable oils extracted from rapeseed and sunflower …
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Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Oil
Hydrogenated soybean and palm oil is a blend of vegetable oils that have undergone a process called hydrogenation. This process …
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Coconut Milk 42
Coconut milk is the liquid that comes from the flesh of mature coconuts. The flesh is grated and then steeped …
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Oil Sachet
An oil sachet is a small, sealed packet containing oil, often blended with flavorings, spices, or other ingredients. It is …
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Expeller Pressed Refined Sesame Oil
Expeller pressed refined sesame oil is a cooking oil extracted from sesame seeds using a mechanical press (expeller pressing) without …
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Olive Oil And Sea Salt
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, the fruit of the olive tree, by pressing them. Sea salt …
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Browned In Hot Soybean Cottonseed Oil
This ingredient is a blend of soybean oil and cottonseed oil that has been heated to a high temperature. This …
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Hard Fraction
The hard fraction is a component of cocoa butter, the fat extracted from cocoa beans. It is the portion of …
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Selected Meat Fats
Selected meat fats refer to rendered animal fats, such as lard from pigs or tallow from cattle or sheep. These …
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Illipe Oil
Illipe oil is a vegetable fat derived from the nuts of the illipe tree (Shorea stenoptera), native to Borneo. The …
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Mango Kernel Oil
Mango kernel oil is a fat extracted from the seed (kernel) of the mango fruit. The kernels are typically dried, …
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Kokum Oil
Kokum oil is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the kokum tree (Garcinia indica), native to India. The …
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Soybean Oil Mix
Soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. It is one of the most …
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Topping Ingredients: Interesterified Soybean Oil
Interesterified soybean oil is a type of vegetable oil made from soybean oil. It is created by a process called …
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Peanuts: Peanut Oil
Peanut oil is extracted from peanuts. It is made by pressing peanuts to release their oil, which is then typically …
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Refined Palmolein Oil & Corn Oil
Refined palmolein oil and corn oil are plant-based fats. Palmolein oil is a liquid fraction obtained from palm oil, which …
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Edible Vegetable Palm Oil
Edible vegetable palm oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is a semi-solid …
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Sugar Shortening
Sugar shortening is a prepared ingredient that combines sugar with solid fats, typically vegetable oils that have been processed to …
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Shorting
Shortening is a solid fat used in baking and cooking. It is typically made from vegetable oils, such as soybean …
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Cole Seed Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. The seeds …
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100% Pure Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is an edible oil extracted from the meat of mature coconuts. It is obtained by pressing the dried …
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Partially Hydrogenated Oil Cottonseed Oil
Partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil is a type of vegetable oil that has undergone a process called partial hydrogenation. This process …
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Palm Oil And Coconut Oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Coconut oil is a vegetable …
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Non-hydrogenated Palm Fat
Non-hydrogenated palm fat is a vegetable fat extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is naturally semi-solid …
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Modified Palm And Kernel Oil
Modified palm and kernel oil is a blend of palm oil and palm kernel oil that has been processed to …
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Concentrated Milk Fat
Concentrated milk fat is a dairy product made by removing water and non-fat milk solids from milk or cream. It …
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Organic Extravirgin Olive Oil
Organic extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of olive oil, made from the fruit of the olive tree. …
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Colza Oil
Colza oil, more commonly known as canola oil in the U.S., is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of …
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Cottonseed And Rapeseed Oils
Cottonseed oil comes from the seeds of cotton plants, while rapeseed oil is pressed from the seeds of the rapeseed …
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Canola Salad Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil derived from the seeds of the canola plant, a cultivar of rapeseed. The seeds …
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Refined Bleached Deodorized Canola Oil
Canola oil is a vegetable oil made from the seeds of the canola plant. The refining process removes impurities, bleaching …
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Organic Shortening
Organic shortening is a type of fat that is solid at room temperature, made from organically grown vegetable oils. These …
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Refined Palm Olein Oil
Refined palm olein oil is the liquid part of palm oil, separated through a process called fractionation. Palm oil itself …
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Blended Edible Oil
Blended edible oil is a mixture of two or more refined vegetable oils. The specific oils used can vary, but …
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Partially Hydrogenated Palm Fat
Partially hydrogenated palm fat is a type of fat made from palm oil that has been chemically altered through a …
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Soya Oil And Salt
Soya oil, also known as soybean oil, is a vegetable oil extracted from soybeans. Salt is a mineral compound, primarily …
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Partly Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil is a type of fat made from soybean oil that has undergone a process called partial …
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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.