Claims of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants in plant oils

[Guest guest]

I have been doing some ingredient research in the last couple of days

and have noticed a lot of misinformation online (I know, shocking)

about the the levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants in plant

oils. It seems that people are drawing from the nutritional data of

the entire plant rather than just the oil. Not a lot of these

substances make it in the oil. Take for example avocado oil - the

fruit has almost every nutritional mineral, vitamin and antioxidant

but the oil has NONE. A typical statement for avocado oil is " it is

rich in Vitamin A, D & E, the youth mineral - 'potassium' " . Yikes.

Here is the nutritional data I've drawn from the USDA. The oils are

listed from highest to lowest concentrations. I have yet to find

reliable information about less popular oils such as rosehip, sea

buckthorn and hemp seed. If anyone knows of a good source for this

information, please let me know.

 

Vitamin E & Tocopherols

 

Wheatgerm, soy bean, hazelnut, sunflower, almond, safflower, rice

bran, grapeseed, babassu, canola, olive, apricot kernal, walnut oil.

 

Vitamin K

 

Canola, soybean, olive, rice bran, walnut, almond, safflower, almond,

sunflower, coconut.

 

Choline

 

Wheat germ, almond, walnut, coconut oil, rice bran, sunflower, soy

bean, canola.

 

Iron

 

Olive, rice bran, soy bean, coconut

 

Calcium

 

Olive

 

Potassium

 

Olive

 

Sodium

 

Olive

 

Zinc

 

Soy bean

 

It is no surprise that Vitamin E is in almost every plant oil as it

is so effective at preventing rancidity (props, God).

 

 

Jessica Burman

Cocoon Apothecary

www.cocoonapothecary.com

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