What’s in Your Edible Vegetable Oil?

The preponderance of scientific evidence supports the consumption of edible vegetable oils, which may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (DGA 2015). Edible vegetable oils such as palm oil, palm kernel oil, corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil, safflower oil, sunflower seed oil, and olive oil vary in their innate fatty acid composition (saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated). These fatty acid profiles may be affected when the oil is prepared for human con…