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Canola is a branding name to distract you from the fact that the oil is technically from the nearly un-marketable "rapeseed".
by 09bjb 5y ago
Canola is a branding name to distract you from the fact that the oil is technically from the nearly un-marketable "rapeseed".
- cameronh90 5y agoIn the UK, we call it rapeseed oil.
- SquareWheel 5y agoCanola is a genetic evolution of rapeseed. They are not the same thing.
- exhilaration 5y agoCan you provide some links about this? I always assumed that canola and rapeseed were synonymous.
- SquareWheel 5y agoIt looks to be covered in the opening paragraph of the Wikipedia article. > Canola are a group of rapeseed cultivars which were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and are especially prized for use as human and animal food. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed They are of course very similar products, but it's not a mere branding difference as the parent comment suggested.
- undersuit 5y agoMeh, it's all just Rapeseed. No one considers Granny Smith apples to be a different species from Red Delicious cultivars.
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- Klonoar 5y ago...I mean, we do though? There's definitely differences in the products and you wouldn't necessarily sub them 1:1 in some things.
- undersuit 5y agoBut we don't. Canola is a trademark for a seed oil with low erucic acid, but it's still rapeseed oil, just like Cosmic Crisp is still just an apple.
- unbalancedevh 5y agoBeing low in erucic acid is a significant difference, making it more marketable. It isn't "just" rapeseed oil. And Granny Smith apples are green. I don't think anyone would ever mistake one for a Red Delicious apple.
- undersuit 5y agoBut it's all just apples and rapeseed oil, it's not like apples and oranges.
- undersuit 5y agoI'm wrong. I disagree with the government decision that led to this but I'm still technically wrong. >In 1985, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognized rapeseed and canola as two different species, based on their content and uses. Biology by Bureaucracy.
- undersuit 5y ago>In 1985, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognized rapeseed and canola as two different species, based on their content and uses.