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Cooking oil choices
Cooking oil is a kitchen staple, whether you use it for deep frying, sautéing, roasting, or salad dressings.
The war in Ukraine has caused a knock-on effect that could see UK businesses run out of sunflower oil.
Given current constraints caused by world events and environmental concerns, we may have to reconsider the cooking oils we use.
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Saturated fats
Saturated fats are normally solid at room temperature, for example, red palm oil, lard or beef dripping. They generate fewer aldehydes when heated but might carry other risks.
Coconut oil is extremely high in saturated fat. The refined version is the best of all to cook with.
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Rapeseed oil
Rapeseed oil is extracted from the black seeds of the yellow-flowering rape plant. Rapeseed oil is unsaturated fat and high in monounsaturated fat, making it a healthier type of oil. It is rich in Vitamin E and Omega 3,6, and 9 fats.
It is available as refined and unrefined. In the UK, oil ...
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Environmental concerns
An oil's sustainability depends on the way it is produced.
Sunflower and rapeseed oils made outside Europe and the UK are sprayed with neonicotinoids and insecticides implicated in killing bees, butterflies, moths and other insects. As a result, they are now banned in Europ...
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Refined and unrefined oils
Oils broadly fall into two categories: refined and unrefined.
- If oil is ‘virgin’, ‘extra-virgin’ or ‘cold-pressed’, it is probably unrefined and retained most of its nutrients.
- Refined oils have been processed and treated with chemicals to extend their shelf life and removed un...
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What happens when heating oils
Deep frying, shallow frying, sautéing, or roasting changes the molecular structure of the oil as it breaks down through oxidation.
Fat molecules react with oxygen in the air to form lipid oxidation products (LOPs) including aldehydes. The higher the cooki...
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The best oil for cooking
- Sunflower and seed oils are high in polyunsaturated fats and degrade the easiest.
- Olive oil and rapeseed oil are high in monounsaturated fats and are better for heating as they produce fewer aldehydes. The highly processed ones have a higher...
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