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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, @02:11PM (22 children)
Some douchebag brought a fancy looking bottle of avocado oil. Apparently, it costs similar to a decent olive oil.
Looked up the web. Says the flavor is comparable to olive oil.
Bullshit, it tasted like crap.
So, maybe it was one of these rancid ones?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:22PM (14 children)
What was the taste like? The article has the following notes:
* The flavor of virgin avocado oil can differ by varieties and region. In general, authentic, fresh, virgin avocado oil tastes grassy, buttery and a little bit like mushrooms.
* Virgin avocado oil should be green in color, whereas refined avocado oil is light yellow and almost clear due to pigments removed during refining.
* Even good oil becomes rancid with time. It's important to purchase a reasonable size that can be finished before the oil oxidizes. Store the oil away from light and heat. A cool, dark cabinet is a good choice, rather than next to the stove.
* How do you know if the oil is rancid? It starts to smell stale, sort of like play dough.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @02:55PM (13 children)
Some of us happen to like the taste of Play-Doh (if you are going to reference it, at least spell it correctly!)
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:18PM
https://playdoh.hasbro.com/en-us/faq [hasbro.com]
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:36PM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:41PM (10 children)
When he was a kid, my brother used to eat Friskies [wikipedia.org] and will still eat lemons and limes as if they were oranges.
I think his taste buds are damaged.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:54PM (9 children)
I never ate cat food, but I love to eat lemons and limes, especially with some salt. Do you not like "spicy" food either?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @04:27PM (4 children)
AC you replied to here.
Where did you got that idea, as I didn't mention my own taste preferences, just my brother's?
Friskies (the dry stuff) is rather mealy and not very good. Try it sometime. Or actually, don't. It's nasty. Which is why I think my brother's taste buds are damaged.
I do love lemons and limes, just not straight up as a snack. But on food and in drinks it's fabulous! Lemons and limes aren't spicy at all. They are *tart*, which is much different from *spicy*.
What's more, I *love* spicy food. I put Sriracha or other hot sauce on just about everything (well, except cereal as it curdles the milk). I also adore Old Bay and other spices as well, including black pepper.
More generally, I love food with *flavor*. Sometimes I even go to extremes. I recall being in San Francisco a bunch of years ago and going to a thai restaurant with my brother and his (now ex) wife.
I ordered the "sizzling beef" and requested that they please "make it spicy." The waiter said that could be a problem, as the spices in the air could bother the diners (it was a very small restaurant, with maybe 10 or 15 tables pretty close together). I pooh-poohed him and he acquiesced.
When the food came, it was quite spicy (yum!), but the waiter was right -- people started coughing from the spices in the air, and even people who came in *after* I was served started hacking. It was the only time I ever felt compelled to go from table to table apologizing to other diners.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @04:50PM (3 children)
Most people I've meet who've found citrus-eating to be something strange also don't like spicy foods. (Eating citrus by itself is also pretty common in cultures with lots of spicy foods)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @06:14PM (2 children)
Same AC again.
That's as may be, I hadn't noticed.
That said, I do like citrus (oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, limes, lemons, etc.), I just don't care for eating limes and lemons by themselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @11:04PM (1 child)
You should try sweet lemons. My inlaws are from the Middle East and they had some a while back. It's a weird sensation, they taste like either extremely strong lemon water or extremely weak lemonaid.
https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Persian_Sweet_Lemons_10194.php [specialtyproduce.com]
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday June 18 2020, @03:44AM
There's also lemonade fruit [wikipedia.org] if you're in a country where it's available - think of an orange but that tastes mildly of lemon.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:44AM (3 children)
You're missing the most important ingredient - the tequila.
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(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday June 18 2020, @11:52AM (1 child)
When they give me a lemon slice with a fish dinner, I usually eat the lemon by itself instead of squeezing it over the fish.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:32PM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @05:12PM
Different AC here.
Nope. Lime/salt with tequila is just for women and small children.
Tequila (preferably *quality* tequila [riazul.com]) on the rocks FTW!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @03:49PM (6 children)
Oh ya, what a real douchebag spending extra money on something he thought you'd enjoy. Or were you just angry it wasn't wine?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @04:08PM (5 children)
Shut up, douchebag. And don't bring no rancid oil no more.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @05:11PM
You shut up and try providing some decent food and not the leftovers you tossed in the trash a few days ago.
Your food SUCKS Chaaaad, and your "I got the drinks come party!" Busch Lite bullshit should be given a jury trial for felony assault.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 17 2020, @11:57PM (3 children)
Yeah, Chad! You couldn't even spring for Genesee Cream Ale or Mickey's Big Mouth?
Ugh! And your girlfriend gives crap head too. Never going to one of your "parties" again!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @12:13AM (2 children)
That's my daughter you cocksucker pedo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @02:06AM
"cocksucker"
She is probably safe then.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2020, @04:48PM
Actually, it was she who did the (incompetent -- you didn't train her very well) sucking, and the term is Ephebophile [wikipedia.org], not pedo.
Regardless, I'm still not going to any more of your parties.