Every Cooking Oil Explained
Every Cooking Oil Explained
Every cooking oil explained — olive oil fraud, avocado oil scams, the real seed oil debate, and why the animal fats that disappeared from American kitchens were replaced by something measurably worse.73% of imported extra virgin olive oil fails international quality standards. 82% of avocado oil sold in the US is rancid or adulterated with cheaper oils. Vegetable oil contains zero vegetables. Canola is not a plant — the name was invented in a boardroom in 1978. And truffle oil is made from a petroleum-derived synthetic compound, with zero actual truffle in it.This is the complete breakdown of every cooking oil — every type explained: the real science behind olive oil benefits, the industry fraud hiding in premium bottles, the WWII supply chains that rewired the American kitchen, and the smoke point myths that still won’t die.
Every Oil Covered:
0:00 — Intro
0:12 — Extra Virgin Olive Oil (why 73% of imported bottles fail standards — and the cooking myth that won’t die)
2:02 — Avocado Oil (82% rancid or fraudulent in US stores — what to look for)
3:53 — Vegetable Oil (zero vegetables — and the WWII accident that handed it the market)
5:20 — Canola Oil (not a plant — the name was invented in 1978)
6:32 — Peanut Oil (George Washington Carver, Chick-fil-A, and the allergy truth)
7:40 — Coconut Oil (the 2017 American Heart Association advisory that ended the superfood craze)
9:24 — Palm Oil (in 50% of supermarket products under 170 disguised names)
11:00 — Sesame & Walnut Oil (the two-bottle mistake that ruins food)
12:34 — Truffle Oil (the most elegant fraud in the food industry)
14:17 — Animal Fats (the marketing campaign — not science — that erased lard)
15:40 — Beef Tallow (McDonald’s Formula 47, Julia Child, and the trans fat switch)
16:35 — Ghee (3,000 years, 485° smoke point, 774 Ayurvedic mentions)
17:13 — Duck Fat (the secret weapon of French bistro cooking)
17:53 — Honorable Mentions: Grape Seed Oil, Rice Bran Oil & MCT OilEvery week we break down the food you already buy — the history, the science, and the stories the label never tells you.
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38 Comments
Враньё про температуру дымления. Позор.
Указаны F а не С
The author is upspeaking
… and the brit voted BREXIT to open the UK market to american products. Very Cleaver isn't it?
8:15 now you understand why Gwyneth Paltrow hates Trump
9:35 9:53 good reason not to eat any processed foods.
This video made me unsubscribe from this channel.
You missed the mustard oil
0:19 No, in the US the regulatory system is so corrupt that this is not what extra virgin olive oil means.
In the us, there is no enforcement, so companies actually mix lower grade olive oil to dilute what they sell as extra virgin.
Why not tell us the names of all the cheater brands?
Yes but how is it processed? What chemicals are used? More then anything else that is what matters. Seed oils have been linked with blindness. If I have a heart attack well that's it, but if I go blind, I have to live with it.
What about algae oil which I heard has the highest smoke point
No sunflower oil??? So popular in EU.😋😋😋
Food standards in the United States are appalling. Europe's standards are way better. Perhaps this explains why they have longer life expectancies? Of course, everything in the US is about profit, isn't it?
awesome video
I use bacon grease EXCLUSIVELY.
Visuals do not go along with the narrative and are confusing. Where are the links or titles of the published research mentioned?
Pretty vague, and conflicting claims are mentioned but not resolved. Except for those with near-zero knowledge, this video did not usefully explain very much at all, and simply raised many unanswered questions.
This was great. I have mt. Oil on my shelf for making my own cosmetics. I didn’t know how to use it in food.
The trick my grandma shared to create the taste of walnut oil is to mix canola oil with a tea spoon of curry powder (without chili). It's remarkable!
Hello, pork lard, anyone?
You forgot lard! It gives great taste to most dishes.
loved it
I guess these oils are the reason why americans have lower life expectancy than most people. Proper regulation and transparency is not the priority of those US cooking oil companies it seems.
This is brilliant. I want the text.
P&G doing the most for decades
In other words Coconut oil is absolutely brilliant compared to seed oils. Saturated fat is actually good for you and high LDL cholesterol is not the problem. The problem is the inflammation caused by seed oils.
I use real virgin Oil with production + expiration date (government approved /nob) and clarified butter only.
I am more confused than ever. Just tell me the type of oil, brand and when to use it.
canola is toxic.
Funny that almost all these oils are used in making soap. Some of them make really great soap (castor oil being the only one not mentioned here).
I'm getting ready to make a batch of soap with Olive Oil Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Avocado Oil, Castor Oil, Apricot Seed Oil, and Mango Seed Butter. It will make quite a premium bar of soap with really great lather due to the Palm and Castor Oil, skin softening due to the Olive Oil, and cleansing due to the Coconut Oil.
Talking about temperature in Farenhiet, in a video that quotes scientific research, is a crime against humanity. It is like talking about distance between earth and moon in yards.
Every cooking oil? Com’on! Peanut oil, do popular and omitted in the video.
😂, shit!
The healthiest stuff to cook with is the fats reduces out of animal fat!
Our ancestors knew, no margarine, butter,grass fed cows! All the way.
The same liberals telling us coconut oil could cure cancer were telling us a decade later to blindly trust vaccines by the government.
Since the video says "Every cooking oil", I was expecting to see mustard oil also in the list. It is not very uncommon to see mustard oil being used for home cooking. In south Asia at least. It has a very strong pungent smell, and adds a distinct flavour to the food that's cooked with it.
Palm oil is fantastic and many places in Africa its the only export Crop they have due to poor soil. The smear campaign have been funded by Westen Big Ag. Boycott the places burning rainforest not the plant. It gives fantastic Yields and resistant to pests keeping pesticides to a minimum. And its hardy, trives where most other plants dont
Regarding soya oil it came into wide use because the American medical council suggested the saturated fats were a major cause of heart problems and suggested switch to vegetable oil 😂