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posted by martyb on Wednesday June 17 2020, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the new-snake-oil? dept.

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.

In the country's first extensive study of commercial avocado oil quality and purity, UC Davis researchers report that at least 82 percent of test samples were either stale before expiration date or mixed with other oils. In three cases, bottles labeled as "pure" or "extra virgin" avocado oil contained near 100 percent soybean oil, an oil commonly used in processed foods that's much less expensive to produce.

Journal Reference:
Hilary S. Green, Selina C. Wang. First report on quality and purity evaluations of avocado oil sold in the US [open], Food Control (DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107328)

Why put avocado oil in the bottle when you can use soybean oil instead and pocket the extra profit?


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @01:45PM (20 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @01:45PM (#1009099)

    If they want to get pure avocado oil, they'll have to squeeze it themselves from their avocado toast.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:01PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:01PM (#1009110) Journal

    Reel Millennials would squeeze zits.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:42PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:42PM (#1009136)

      If they still have zits at 20 years of age, something may be wrong with their sexual life.
      They should have at least a hand, don't they?

      • (Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:30AM

        by driverless (4770) on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:30AM (#1009416)

        something may be wrong with their sexual life. They should have at least a hand, don't they?

        You've just described their sexual life.

  • (Score: 2) by Kitsune008 on Wednesday June 17 2020, @05:52PM (16 children)

    by Kitsune008 (9054) on Wednesday June 17 2020, @05:52PM (#1009220)

    WTF is 'avocado toast'? I'm surrounded by thousands of millennials every day, and have never heard it mentioned in numerous food related discussions.

    I think you are either confused, misinformed, or both.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @06:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @06:38PM (#1009233)

      Just another class / generational attack. Probably a bit coupled with anti-liberal sentiment, I've only seen conservatives use that "insult" unironically.

    • (Score: 1) by petecox on Wednesday June 17 2020, @10:51PM (2 children)

      by petecox (3228) on Wednesday June 17 2020, @10:51PM (#1009321)

      Hi from Australia, the "smashed avo" epicentre.

      Conservatives with multiple tax-rorting investment properties created a meme that hipster millennials could afford a house if only they wouldn't eat brunch; avocado on toast, at cafes with their friends.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Kitsune008 on Friday June 19 2020, @03:06AM (1 child)

        by Kitsune008 (9054) on Friday June 19 2020, @03:06AM (#1009882)

        Hello to you, in OZ!
        Got it, thanks for the explanation.

        My personal view on avocados edibility is that whilst they may not be toxic or poisonous, they sure taste like it.
        I would rather eat slugs. At least slugs slide right down without leaving much aftertaste, not a problem with an alcoholic chaser. :-)

        • (Score: 1) by petecox on Friday June 19 2020, @04:42AM

          by petecox (3228) on Friday June 19 2020, @04:42AM (#1009895)

          Avocado is fairly popular in Latin American cuisine, no? I remember being served it on a hotdog in Santiago, Chile.

          Some decades ago, chicken and avocado focaccia was fairly common here. But this lastest hipster trend seems to just be on a slice of sourdough toast sprinkled with sea-salt and olive oil - yeah as boring as it sounds.

          But if you're seeking Australian cuisine, add avocado to a Vegemite and cheese toasted sandwich! :) Yeah, I know you foreigners hate Vegemite...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @11:52PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @11:52PM (#1009340)

      Unsurprisingly, it's toast with avocado on it [gimmedelicious.com].

      Funny that.

      • (Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:32AM

        by driverless (4770) on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:32AM (#1009418)

        In contrast with toast Hawaii [wikipedia.org], which is... oh the humanity!

      • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:47AM (1 child)

        by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:47AM (#1009494) Homepage Journal

        Sounds good. I usually have my avocado with rice wrapped around it, in a restaurant. I should try this sometime.

        IF I ever manage to get an avocado in the state between unripe and rotten. Sometimes I think avocados can transition between states by being in both states at the same time rather then in neither state.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @02:01PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @02:01PM (#1009520)

          If they are sold by weight buy the smallest ones you can. They generally have much smaller seeds, so you get proportionally more flesh. They are also less likely to get squeezed and bruised by all the dickheads checking them, which is what makes them go straight to rotten.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:11AM (6 children)

      by Thexalon (636) on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:11AM (#1009349)

      It has become the Official Explanation from certain propaganda sources for why younger people are poorer than their parents are, while conveniently leaving out any structural economic factors like the largest recession since the 1930's, degree inflation, real wage cuts, higher rents, and massively higher college tuition.

      And yes, I guess it's the idea of taking avocado and putting it on toast. I've never tried it, but it sounds like it would be decently good eats.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @01:30AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @01:30AM (#1009374)

        Yes, but would you pay $18 for it?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @04:13AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @04:13AM (#1009430)

          Only if I wanted to DIE, oh my GOD!

        • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday June 18 2020, @07:15PM

          by Thexalon (636) on Thursday June 18 2020, @07:15PM (#1009664)

          $18 seems a bit steep, yes. I'd expect those kinds of prices in tourist traps or major cities where everything is more expensive, but not normally, and I suspect that whoever is alleging kids are pouring money into avocado toast are looking for the most expensive price they can find and pretending that it's typical rather than an outlier.

          But the real point I'm after is that the people complaining about kids and their (mostly imaginary) $18 avocado toast are frequently giving their lectures in frivolous luxury spending from an $18,000-per-year golf course or an $18 million yacht, which means I'm going to assume that they should in no way be taken seriously.

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      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:07AM (1 child)

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:07AM (#1009404) Journal

        It's good in the way that guacamole is good. It's more filling than you would think, and makes a decent breakfast on its own.

        It's not worth making a thing out of it, but it's a good option to use up avocado if you ever find yourself with too many ripening at once.

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      • (Score: 2) by Kitsune008 on Friday June 19 2020, @02:57AM

        by Kitsune008 (9054) on Friday June 19 2020, @02:57AM (#1009881)

        Ah, got it. So my initial reaction was not far off base.
        As for avocados, you all are MORE than welcome to my share.
        *shudder and gag*
        I find them utterly disgusting in both taste and aroma, and would rather eat slugs...at least slugs slide downthroat easily, and without much taste compared to avocado.
        And guacamole? It looks and smells as bad as anything I have observed in babies diapers, so I avoid it like the Plague.
        At least with scorpions, once you pinch the stinger and poison sac off, toss them into the coals off a campfire until they sizzle and pop, they taste like dry roasted cashews.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:42AM

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:42AM (#1009489) Homepage
      It's an anti-hipster smear, being an overpriced effete foodstuff. Time-wise, the hipsters' and the millenials' bell-curves overlap, but as most millennials are not hipsters, the barb doesn't really work, in particular given that the hipsters with enough spare cash for such nonsenses tend to be the Gen-Y ones. Presumably GPP was just trying to balance anti-boomer idiocy with anti-anti-boomer-parroting idiocy.

      Incidentally, I'd like to propose Conservation of Idiocy as a new law of physics. I suspect I might be wrong, as there might be positive feedback, and infinite growth...
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