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
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
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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 interesterified oil
27 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list interesterified oil. The 12 most scanned:
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Chicken Pot Pie Tender White Meat Chicken Marie Callender's · 425 g Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Stuffing Mix for Chicken Stove Top · 6 oz (170 g) Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Chicken Pot Pie Marie Callender's · 10 oz Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa Great Value · 751 g Score 25 out of 100 Poor -
Stuffing Mix Stove Top · 6 oz (170 g) Score 16 out of 100 Bad -
Protein Oat Pancake & Waffle Mix Aldi Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Soft Taco Flour Tortillas Guerrero · 14.5 oz/411 g Score 38 out of 100 Poor -
Cornbread stuffing mix boxes Kraft Foods · 6 oz Score 16 out of 100 Bad -
100 Calorie Snack Packs Baked Chocolate Wafer Snacks Benton's Score 25 out of 100 Poor -
Protein Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Millville · 20 oz Score 22 out of 100 Poor -
Flour Tortillas El Milagro · 28 g Score 36 out of 100 Poor -
The Pizza Lunchly Mr Beast Score 19 out of 100 Bad
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