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

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

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

  • 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:

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

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org