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Emrys

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31. Yup

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #25)

Sun May 24, 2026, 06:51 PM

May 24

Here in the UK, most supermarkets carry organic cold-pressed rapeseed oil.

Its smoke point is high, so it can be used safely for frying, and its flavour is mild enough to use raw. (I believe North American farmers bred out the bitterness in culinary-grade canola quite some time ago, but the highly processed type is still most commonly available in that region.)

It's also a whole lot cheaper than olive oil (especially nowadays when olives' prices have gone though the roof), and it can be grown readily in the UK, so what's not to like?

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The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients [View all] bucolic_frolic May 23 OP

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Bigotry. Period. LuvLoogie May 23 #6

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There are basically only two ways that food spoils GreatGazoo May 23 #3

And yet, canola oil has essential fatty acids that beef tallow doesn't tinrobot May 23 #9

I saw a PBS history type show "Food Saviors" - they were highlighting Okra haele May 23 #15

I like my essential fatty acids without hexane MadameButterfly May 24 #23

Then buy cold pressed/organic oils tinrobot May 24 #25

Yup Emrys May 24 #31

Here is a more complete (and less sensational) summation of analyses regarding seed oils liberalgunwilltravel May 23 #14

The amount of hexane remaining is incredibly small NickB79 May 24 #26

What is the quantity left in canola oil used in the USA? GreatGazoo May 24 #27

Approximately 0.8 ppm NickB79 May 24 #29

Thanks. NT GreatGazoo May 24 #30

This! Gasoline contains 1 to 7% hexane WestMichRad May 24 #28

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I love steak gulliver May 23 #17

Our ancient ancestors hunted and moved about with periods of famine long and short bucolic_frolic May 23 #18

They didn't have as much advertising then gulliver May 23 #19

Ha! bucolic_frolic May 23 #21

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