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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, @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.