Grocery-Store Veg Oils = No Vit E

[su-texas]

Grocery-Store Vegetable Oils = No Vitamin E

From what I just read, all of the Vitamin E has been removed
during processing, from those vegetable oils that you buy in
the grocery store.

When vegetable oils are mentioned in health books, as being
good sources of vitamin E, they are Not referring to the
standard, cheap, heavily-processed, grocery-store-type
vegetable oils.

They are referring to the health-food-store-type oils, which
have been cold-pressed only.

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Also, Vitamin E spoils (goes rancid?) quickly, when exposed to
air, heat, or light, therefore the clear, see-through
containers are not good.

When cold-pressed oils are bought at health-food stores, then
they should probably be bought in small quantities, packaged
in non-see-through containers, & kept cool on the drive home.

At home, the oil can be transferred to small-sized,
large-mouth-type, sterilized glass storage jars & then frozen.

When using this type of jar, it is easier to dip/cut out the
quantity you need, while the oil is frozen.

Vacuum-sealing the jars before freezing (when there are
several of them), might also be good.

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow su-texas@webtv.net rambled on
about "Grocery-Store Veg Oils = No Vit E." Our champion
De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

>At home, the oil can be transferred to small-sized,
>large-mouth-type, sterilized glass storage jars & then
>frozen.

Interesting technique but as you do point out the jars have to
be sterilized. That is a lot of work!!!

I find that buying Olive Oil in tiny bottles is much more
practical. Don't buy what you can *not* use up within a
month or so.

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[Elmer Ogry]

In article
<20742-3D1C64A0-77@storefull-2212.public.lawson.webtv.net>,
su-texas@webtv.net wrote:

> Grocery-Store Vegetable Oils = No Vitamin E
>
> From what I just read, all of the Vitamin E has been removed
> during processing, from those vegetable oils that you buy in
> the grocery store.
>
> When vegetable oils are mentioned in health books, as being
> good sources of vitamin E, they are Not referring to the
> standard, cheap, heavily-processed, grocery-store-type
> vegetable oils.
>
> They are referring to the health-food-store-type oils, which
> have been cold-pressed only.

I suspect that the article that you read may not have done
its homework. The following is an excerpt from a
description of refining techniques that can be found on
the internet:

"When only mechanical extraction is used to obtain the oil
it is called "First Press" or "Cold Press" oil, and
marketed without further refining. Because only between 45
and 85% of the oil can be removed from the seed in this way
it is sold at a premium price, generally only in specialty
stores. It is less stable than the "refined" oil and should
be kept in the refrigerator. To remove more oil from the
"press cakes", hexane is added to extract it. A fringe
benefit is that it also extracts more vitamin E
(a-tocopherol) from the seeds. Additional alkaline cleaning
is then used to remove phospholipids, mucilaginous gums,
free fatty acids, colour pigments and fine solid particles.
The oil that has been treated with hexane and water refined
is the inexpensive oil found in supermarkets. It is more
stable than the unrefined oil, both for high temperature
frying and for resistance to oxidation at room temperature.
This is largely because it contains more than twice the
a-tocopherol content, which inhibits oxidation. The
phytosterols are also effective antioxidants, and their
concentrations are not greatly affected by refining. The
hexane is very volatile, and is easily completely removed
from the oil after extraction."

Elmer