Food ingredient · Fat
Hydrogenated oil
Oil fully hydrogenated into a hard fat. Full hydrogenation leaves little trans fat, but it is an industrial fat typical of ultra-processed foods.
- Industrial fat
- Added oil or fat
- Ultra-processing marker
- 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 hydrogenated oil costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list hydrogenated oil
298 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list hydrogenated oil. The 12 most scanned:
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Creamy Peanut Butter Jif · 16 oz Score 54 out of 100 Okay -
Creamy Peanut Butter Jif · 48unknown Score 35 out of 100 Poor -
Creamy Peanut Butter Skippy · 16.3 oz Score 57 out of 100 Okay -
Creamy Peanut Butter Jif · 1133 g Score 54 out of 100 Okay -
Creamy Peanut Butter Skippy · 1.36 kg Score 76 out of 100 Good -
Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter Jif · 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g Score 32 out of 100 Poor -
Creamy Peanut Butter Skippy · 40 oz Score 57 out of 100 Okay -
Peanut Butter Jif · 28 oz Score 35 out of 100 Poor -
Peanut Butter Skippy · 48 oz Score 55 out of 100 Okay -
Trail Mix Kirkland Signature · 57 g (2 oz) Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Peanut Butter Peter Pan · 462 g Score 61 out of 100 Good -
Trail Mix Kirkland · 1.81 kg Score 24 out of 100 Poor
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 (34)
- hydrogenated fat
- hydrogenated oil
- hydrogenated oils
- hydrogenated palm
- hydrogenated canola
- hydrogenated coconut
- hydrogenated soybean
- hydrogenated palm oil
- hydrogenated rapeseed
- hydrogenated vegetable
- fully hydrogenated palm
- hydrogenated canola oil
- hydrogenated cottonseed
- hydrogenated coconut oil
- hydrogenated palm kernel
- hydrogenated soybean oil
- hydrogenated rapeseed oil
- fully hydrogenated soybean
- hydrogenated sunflower oil
- hydrogenated vegetable fat
- hydrogenated vegetable oil
- fully hydrogenated palm oil
- fully hydrogenated rapeseed
- hydrogenated cottonseed oil
- hydrogenated vegetable oils
- hydrogenated palm kernel oil
- fully hydrogenated cottonseed
- fully hydrogenated soybean oil
- fully hydrogenated rapeseed oil
- fully hydrogenated vegetable oil
- fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil
- hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil
- hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oils
- hydrogenated palm kernel and coconut oil