What ingredients are in vegetable oil? Ask Sam FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY Answering your diet queries

From: Birmingham Mail | Date: September 11, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Q Please can you tell me exactly what ingredients go into 'vegetable oil'? My son is allergic to rapeseed oil so I'm concerned that if this is a part of vegetable oil he may react to products that contain it.

A Vegetable oil is usually a blend of different oils. In the UK, the oils used most in vegetable oil are soya, rapeseed, sunflower, maize and palm kernel oils. Where vegetable oil is in pre-packed food, these oils will have been refined. The refining process removes almost all of the proteins from the oil. Since it's the proteins in foods that can cause allergic reactions, sensitive ...

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