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| Thread ID: 77015 | 2007-02-24 02:27:00 | Cooking Oils | allblack (6574) | PC World Chat |
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| 527657 | 2007-02-27 00:52:00 | Coconut oil. One of the very few oils that doesn't oxidise and also has a high heat tolerance. Great for your skin and perfect for cooking. Contains Lauric acid which has adverse effects on various microorganisms, such as bacteria, intestinal yeast overgrowth, fungi and enveloped viruses. Just make sure it's unrefined. Ideally it should be organic, virgin, cold pressed, unrefined, unbleached, undeodorised, and not hydrogenated. Olive oil is fine,especially extra virgin for salads, but make sure it is in a dark bottle to avoid the oxidation that occurs when oil is exposed to light. Refrigerate after opening. Olive oil is not great for cooking as heating oxidizes it and creates free radicals. The thing to avoid is artificially created trans-fats. These are created when polyunsaturated vegetable fats are artificially hydrogenated. Mechanically altered oils are used in most processed foods, and avoiding them takes dedication. Canola oil, for example, is ubiquitous. Interestingly, the FDA ban the use of canola oil in infant formula because it seems to retard growth. Thank you, very well set out and easily understood info. |
Sue (33) | ||
| 527658 | 2007-02-27 03:58:00 | Deep frying infants would tend to retard their growth, whatever oil was used ... | Graham L (2) | ||
| 527659 | 2007-02-27 04:58:00 | Deep frying infants would tend to retard their growth, whatever oil was used ... Thanks Graham, you've just put me off my dinner 2 nights in a row :thumbs: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 527660 | 2007-02-27 19:03:00 | "Sunfield Canola Oil contains Pure Canola Oil" but.....also "Sunfield Salad and Cooking Oil contains Pure Canola Oil" Even the Nutritional Information is the same. So.....why two different types if they are the same thing? Reply from the company that makes the oil: You are correct in noticing that both the Canola and Salad & Cooking oil are in fact canola oil. We have taken this approach because some consumers purchase by application and some purchase by oil variety. Our Salad & Cooking Oil was the number 1 selling oil in NZ but then there was a surge of good press for Canola and the consumer started to search for Canola. Even though our Salad & Cooking Oil had always been bottled using Canola it was difficult to get that message across so we launched a Canola specific product to meet consumer demand. The oils are both sold for exactly the same price so the consumer is not disadvantaged. I hope you find this information useful and please contact us if you have any further queries. Kind regards, Tracey Hold Complaints Co-ordinator Tasti Products Ltd |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 527661 | 2007-02-27 19:24:00 | Great info Steve. And 10/10 to the company for being so honest. | Greg (193) | ||
| 527662 | 2007-02-27 20:54:00 | Awesome Steve! Well done mate. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 527663 | 2007-02-27 22:51:00 | A colleague at work remembers that the name 'canola' is derived from the word 'Canada' and other word(s) which he can't remember. Thus both oils are derived from rapeseed but one is a branded name while the other refers to its' usage in cooking. | user (1404) | ||
| 527664 | 2007-02-28 00:24:00 | I find it funny a thread on cooking oil got to 9 pages!;) | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 527665 | 2007-02-28 00:32:00 | I find it funny a thread on cooking oil got to 9 pages!;) Gee, someone hasn't changed his page settings yet. There are options... Only on Page 2 here. Much simpler to surf. (80 posts per page) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 527666 | 2007-02-28 00:38:00 | 12 to 15 posts per page loads faster though :D | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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