Food ingredient · Fat

Interesterified oil

Oil whose fats have been rearranged to change its melting point; used as a trans-fat-free replacement in baked goods.

  • 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 interesterified 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 interesterified oil

27 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list interesterified 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 (9)
  • modified palm oil
  • interesterified fat
  • interesterified oil
  • modified vegetable oil
  • interesterified palm oil
  • interesterified soybean oil
  • interesterified vegetable oil
  • interesterified palm kernel oil
  • interesterified and hydrogenated soybean oil

Sources

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

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org