Is it true that cooking with rape seed oil is as good or better than olive oil?

No. Rape seed oil, commercially called canola oil, is not better for you to consume, but it does return a higher rate of profit for oil manufacturers.Is it true that cooking with rape seed oil is as good or better than olive oil?
Well, healthwise it's comparable, and it has a higher smoke point than olive oil, so it's usable in more situations.





Extra Virgin Olive Oil has a taste characteristic appropriate to certain dishes. Unfortunately it has a low smoke point (the point at which it begins to smoke, and then burn). If you don't need the specific olive oil flavor, then alternative oils would fit the bill.Is it true that cooking with rape seed oil is as good or better than olive oil?
For cooking use an oil high in mono-unsaturated fats as the polyunsaturates fats may break down to form trans fats. I have a bottle of olive oil in front of me and it is 73% mono and only 8.2% poly check on rapeseed oil as I think that is high in mono-unsaturates.
Chrissakes, the whole of Mediterranean countries for centuries have used olive oil profusely for cooking and medicinal use and have produced some of the best cuisine in the world, and you are screwing around with ';rape seed'; oil? This dink who says ';rape seed'; tastes better doesn't know diddly squat about olive oil. There are various grades of olive oil. Do a little research and you will find that olive oil is not only the healthiest oil you can use but the most versatile. . . millions of Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Israelis, French, Sicilian, Arabs, etc.,can be wrong. Don't listen to these stupid veggie cows, they will drive you nuts.
You really need to fix your question before somebody turns you in. I'm sure that you mean ';Grapeseed'; oil, not ';Rape';. I have always prefered olive oil and I will recommend it to you too.
Eww, rape doesn't sound very good for you, but I like olive oil for all types of cooking.
Yes it's true.


For stir frying or frying meat and fish I always use rape seed rather than Olive oil which burns at that high a temperature. I also cook 4 days a week for my boss and he has grape seed (not the same thing as rapeseed) or ground nut oil for cooking and Olive oil or Virgin Olive oil for dressings and salads. To him it's a sin to waste Olive Oil on cooking but I don't use it at home for cooking or dressings as I don't like the taste! Nutritionally they are all pretty much the same! So it's really down to taste.
It is for me as I find olive oil too strong a taste
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Natural rapeseed oil contains erucic acid, which is mildly toxic to humans in large doses but is used as a food additive in smaller doses. Canola, originally a syncopated form of the abbreviation ';Can.O., L-A.'; (Canadian Oilseed, Low-Acid) that was used by the Manitoba government to label the seed during its experimental stages, is now a tradename for low erucic acid rapeseed that is sometimes mis-applied to other varieties.





Canola oil (or rapeseed oil) contains both omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in a ratio of 2:1 and is only second to flax oil in omega-3 fatty acid. It is one of the most heart-healthy oils and has been reported to reduce cholesterol levels, lower serum tryglyceride levels, and keep platelets from sticking together. Some UK farmers (such as Farrington Oils[1]) have started to produce cold-pressed rapeseed oil as a versatile cooking oil and dressing, similar in use to olive oil.
yes it is, rapeseed is a much more natural than olive oil. i use ie all the time and it also has a much nicer flavour.