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5 sats \ 3 replies \ @OgFOMK OP 2 Dec \ parent \ on: Good Morning -- Rebranding Rapeseed food_and_drinks
It's a big cash crop so you will see information that is very positive. The main thing to remember is that no one was using it for food in the United States 30 years ago. At least commercially it was not used.
My wife is from Uzbekistan a big cotton exporter. She told me that they cooked with cotton seed oil and probably still do. Rapeseed has to be chemically changed in order to become "Canola" oil.
I've noticed imports from the former Soviet Union that are in the Russian / Ukraine stores here in the US. Have sardines or sprats in Rapeseed oil. Specifically it is listed as an ingredient. The sprats did not have this 15 years ago.
Sardines in most grocery stores have olive oil (good), canola (bad), and water.
Definitely do some deep investigation. Don't be fooled by the big commercial health websites.
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I was in Lisbon, Porto, Barcelona and Madrid in September. I tried to look at the ingredients. I think the sardines are mostly packed in Olive Oils. But I was not eating these, myself. I bought them for my wife and the ingredients looked fine. Cheaper imports might have Rapeseed or Canola. You definitely want to look out for this.
The Eurozone has some stricter rules for food and ingredients that the United States does not follow.
By no means an I an expert. Just empirical observation. I do know that the sprats from Latvia that have shown up in Russian stores here have Rapeseed specifically listed as an ingredient.