Soybean oil is widely used oil and is commonly called "vegetable oil". Soybean oil is a very healthy food ingredient despite the bad publicity regarding fats and oils in general. Soybean oil is very popular because it is cheap, healthful and has a high smoke point. Soybean oil does not contain much saturated fat. Like all other oils from vegetable origin, soybean oil contains no cholesterol. Saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart diseases and mainly found in products from animal origin such as milk, cheese and meat products. Soybean oil contains natural antioxidants which remain in the oil even after extraction. These antioxidants help to prevent the oxidative rancidity.

 

 

Perhaps the main benefits of soybean oil are for food manufacturers, who are able to use cheap vegetable oils for their products. It took many years before conventional health authorities to finally warn against using trans fat.

 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required food manufacturers to list trans fat content on the label starting January 1, 2006 – a move that essentially allows some companies to fool buyers, as any product containing up to half a gram of trans fat per serving can still legally claim to contain zero trans fat.9 It turns out that the trick is to reduce the serving size to bring it below this threshold

Soybean oil is widely used oil and is commonly called "vegetable oil". Soybean oil is a very healthy food ingredient despite the bad publicity regarding fats and oils in general. Soybean oil is very popular because it is cheap, healthful and has a high smoke point. Soybean oil does not contain much saturated fat. Like all other oils from vegetable origin, soybean oil contains no cholesterol. Saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart diseases and mainly found in products from animal origin such as milk, cheese and meat products. Soybean oil contains natural antioxidants which remain in the oil even after extraction. These antioxidants help to prevent the oxidative rancidity.

 

 

Perhaps the main benefits of soybean oil are for food manufacturers, who are able to use cheap vegetable oils for their products. It took many years before conventional health authorities to finally warn against using trans fat.

 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required food manufacturers to list trans fat content on the label starting January 1, 2006 – a move that essentially allows some companies to fool buyers, as any product containing up to half a gram of trans fat per serving can still legally claim to contain zero trans fat.9 It turns out that the trick is to reduce the serving size to bring it below this threshold