Study Finds 82 Percent of Avocado Oil Rancid or Mixed With Other Oils
Consumer demand is rising for all things avocado, including oil made from the fruit. Avocado oil is a great source of vitamins, minerals and the type of fats associated with reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. But according to new research from food science experts at the University of California, Davis, the vast majority of avocado oil sold in the U.S. is of poor quality, mislabeled or adulterated with other oils.
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Has anyone done a study on the european market? Europe imports something like 35% of the global supply of avocado oil from many of the same sources as the US market. It wouldn't be overwhelmingly surprising to learn that the same thing has happened with the EU's oil supply.
Not just avocado oil, olive oil too.
Yes, but we've been wary of olive oils, hopefully.
i've been wary of all industrial fats - sadly any liquid at room temperature fat (olive oil and avacado oil) is just too temping to adulterate with the cheaper industrial fats, so the supply chain does it at scale - so I don't trust any liquid at room temperature fat anymore.
Can I really be sure my coconut oil and ghee are pure? I was going to buy lard some years ago, but when I read the label, it was half hydrogenated vegetable oil.
My coconut oil at least smells like coconuts.
Coconut oil you can because of the melting point, which is around 77F/25C. It’s very difficult to mix two different fats and end up with the same melting point. Idk about ghee, but it might be similar?
Yeah, you have to read the labels! the core problem this article exposes that even if you do read the label the supply chain likes to substitute cheaper ingredients when it can.
Yep, so I won't be buying any kind of commercial lard. I have a grease jar.
Sounds a lot like the same problem that olive oils have had for a long time.
So it shouldn't taste like shit? I thought I just didn't like avacado oil.