Food ingredient · Oil
Grapeseed oil
Oil from grape seeds.
- Added oil or fat
- Seed oil
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points grapeseed oil costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Omega-6 fats (mixed evidence)Emerging evidence
High in omega-6 linoleic acid. Re-analyses of two old trials questioned whether replacing saturated fat with linoleic acid lowers heart deaths; cohort meta-analyses and the American Heart Association support it. [1][2][3][4]
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Seed oil (personal preference)Preference
Many people choose to avoid industrially refined seed oils; use the Real Food lens for this standard.
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list grapeseed oil
13 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list grapeseed oil. The 12 most scanned:
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Lightly Breaded Chicken Strips Real Good Foods Inc. · 48 oz Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Chicken Nugget Realgood Foods Co. · 567 g Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Chipotle Bitchin' Sauce Bitchin' · 8 oz Score 79 out of 100 Good -
100% Grapeseed Oil Pompeian · 24 fl oz Score 100 out of 100 Excellent -
Lightly Breaded Chicken Strips Realgood Foods Co. · 1361 g Score 73 out of 100 Good -
Grapeseed Oil La Tourangelle · 16.9 fl oz Score 100 out of 100 Excellent -
Grape Seed Oil Kirkland · 2 L Score 100 out of 100 Excellent -
Original Chili Crunch Momofuku · 150 g Score 42 out of 100 Okay -
Lasagna Bowl Realgood Foods Co. · 9 oz Score 68 out of 100 Good -
Original Bitchin' · 8 oz Score 79 out of 100 Good -
100% Grapeseed Oil Pompeian Score 100 out of 100 Excellent -
Chili Crunch Momofuku Score 66 out of 100 Good
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (3)
- grapeseed
- grapeseed oil
- grape seed oil
Sources
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
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