Canada's canola industry is urging Ottawa to act as farmers brace for steep losses over a planned 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff from China on canola seed.
It’s an extra processed and flavourless version of 菜籽油 or Indian brassica/mustard oils. The Chinese variety comes from a plant in the mustard family (brassica) that’s a cross between cabbage and turnip. The seeds of this plant (unfortunately named a word that’s censored) is high in fat and produces a flavourful oil with a high smoke point and is the backbone of Sichuan cuisine.
They’re naturally relatively high in acidity which North American scientists deemed to be “unhealthy” in the 20th century (read: trade protectionism for American and Canadian crops).
A study done on rats in the 60’s where they were fed 70% of their daily caloric intake in high acid oils produced a high degree of heart disease and so high euricic acid oils were banned in the US and most western countries. Canadians came up with canola, a processed version of the brassica oil with an oil with acidity acceptable under the new regulations and became the staple vegetable oil in the west. Later studies overturning these findings unfortunately never overturned these regulations.
Sulfur mustards are viscous liquids at room temperature and have an odor resembling mustard plants, garlic, or horseradish, hence the name.[3][4] When pure, they are colorless, but when used in impure forms, such as in warfare, they are usually yellow-brown. Mustard gases form blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs, often resulting in prolonged illness ending in death.[4]
Canola is a genetic variant based on that type. All canola oil is that oil but not all that oil is canola. It was specifically bred to have particular properties, like being low in erucic acid.
The fuck is a canola?
CANadian Oil Low Acid
CANOLA.
It’s an extra processed and flavourless version of 菜籽油 or Indian brassica/mustard oils. The Chinese variety comes from a plant in the mustard family (brassica) that’s a cross between cabbage and turnip. The seeds of this plant (unfortunately named a word that’s censored) is high in fat and produces a flavourful oil with a high smoke point and is the backbone of Sichuan cuisine.
They’re naturally relatively high in acidity which North American scientists deemed to be “unhealthy” in the 20th century (read: trade protectionism for American and Canadian crops).
A study done on rats in the 60’s where they were fed 70% of their daily caloric intake in high acid oils produced a high degree of heart disease and so high euricic acid oils were banned in the US and most western countries. Canadians came up with canola, a processed version of the brassica oil with an oil with acidity acceptable under the new regulations and became the staple vegetable oil in the west. Later studies overturning these findings unfortunately never overturned these regulations.
Rapseed but there’s an e after the p that would make the automod unhappy
Which comes from the mustard greens that make mustard gas, iirc?
Mustard gas doesn’t come from mustard plants
You’re right, according to Wikipedia,
Thanks for prompting a refresher.
It’s a seed oil. It has a different name in other places in the world that would get redacted here if I typed it
Same plant? I honestly don’t know a ton about foodstuff
Canola is a genetic variant based on that type. All canola oil is that oil but not all that oil is canola. It was specifically bred to have particular properties, like being low in erucic acid.
Interesting!
To elaborate on the other responses, it’s an acronym invented to rebrand from that other name. CANada Oil Low Acid.