Vegetable oil (unspecified)

What the evidence says

• 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]

• 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 vegetable oil (unspecified)

1,417 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list vegetable oil (unspecified). The 12 most scanned:

• Organic Tortilla Chips Kirkland Signature · 40 oz Score 76 out of 100 Good
• Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips · 7 oz (198.4 g) Score 20 out of 100 Poor
• Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Pink Salt Potato Chips Kirkland Signature · 32 oz (2 lb) 907 g Score 78 out of 100 Good
• Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds Quaker · 1.95 kg Score 19 out of 100 Bad
• Crunchy Cheetos · 1 oz (28.3 g) Score 52 out of 100 Okay
• Protein Peanut butter Dark Chocolate chewy bar Nature Valley Protein · 40 g Score 9 out of 100 Bad
• Harvest Snaps Lightly Salted Crispy Baked Veggie Snacks Calbee · 20.0 oz (1.25 lb) 567 g Score 83 out of 100 Excellent
• Nacho Cheese Flavored Doritos Doritos · 9.25 oz (262.2 g) Score 15 out of 100 Bad
• Nacho Cheese Doritos · 1 oz (28.3 g) Score 22 out of 100 Poor
• Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Cape Cod · 30 oz Score 79 out of 100 Good
• Goldfish Cheddar Goldfish · 6.6 oz (187 g) Score 43 out of 100 Okay
• Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Cheddar Pepperidge Farm · 1 oz (28 g) Score 43 out of 100 Okay

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.