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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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @01:55PM (9 children)
If the use soybean oil as a knock-off of avocado oil, what do they use as a knock-off of soybean oil?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:15PM (2 children)
Chinese "soybean oil," of course.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:50PM (1 child)
Ground up internal organs of
political prisonersvolunteers perhaps?But then... what do they use as a substitute for ground up human meat?
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:03PM
While the source might be cheap, the extraction process isn't.
I'd rather bet the "Chinese soybean oil" is made from American soybeans [theconversation.com]. Oh, wait...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:47PM
Canola, I'd venture to guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @10:58PM (2 children)
Probably lower quality soybean oil or possibly filtered engine oil. I remember being warned about that by my Chinese colleagues when I was over there. But, either I was incredibly lucky, it isn't true or I run really well on engine oil because even the crappiest food I could find still made me feel better than that crap we call food in the US. There's a bunch wrong with China, but most of the time the food is fine. Especially after they executed those executives for adding melamine to the milk supply.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:09AM (1 child)
No, you weren't lucky, you were confused and actually in Taiwan.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @04:17AM
FTFY
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:34AM
3-in-1 general-purpose lubricating oil.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday June 18 2020, @02:04PM
It's really nasty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil [wikipedia.org]
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.