High oleic oil: advantages over regular oil, benefits and harms, reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Vegetable oil occupies one of the places of honor in the kitchen of every housewife. Moreover, the most popular product is obtained from sunflower seeds. Sunflower oil contains vital vitamins and minerals that the body needs to function properly. This product stimulates metabolism and has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the intestines, the nervous system, improves memory. A variety of sunflower oil is high oleic. About what it is, what are its advantages over the usual one and what benefits and harms the body, we will tell in our article.

What is high oleic oil?

Sunflower oil is a valuable product of sunflower processing. Without it, it is difficult to imagine modern cooking. Depending on the content of fatty acids, sunflower seeds and the oil that is produced from them, there are 4 types: high oleic, medium oleic, high linoleic, high stearic. The raw materials for each of them are obtained using traditional breeding methods.

High oleic oil is a product with a high content of oleic monounsaturated acid (80-90%). Saturated fatty acids make up at least 10% by volume. According to its characteristics, this type of oil can be compared with olive oil, despite the fact that its price is 3-4 times lower. High oleic oil has a neutral taste, light yellow color (almost transparent) and does not contain trans fats. It has been used in the food industry for more than 10 years.

Advantages over conventional sunflower oil

High oleic oil has significant advantages over conventional sunflower seed oil:

1. The main thing this oil is valued for is its high content of oleic acid, the amount of which in the composition reaches 90%.
2. High oleic oil contains even more oleic acid than olive oil (80-90% versus 71%) and conventional sunflower oil (80-90% versus 35%).
3. This product is ideal for frying, unlike most other types of oils. The fact is that it does not form trans fats, which are harmful to human he alth.
4. It has a neutral taste. Due to this property, this product is suitable for people who do not like the taste of unrefined sunflower oil and olive oil.
5. Due to the content of polyunsaturated Omega-3-acid, the shelf life of such a product is longer than that of other types of vegetable oils.

In general, we can say that a product with a higholeic acid nutritional value can be put higher than olive oil, although its cost is an order of magnitude lower.

High oleic oil: benefits and harms to the body

Now let's talk about the beneficial properties of this product. There are many more than the traditional sunflower.

High oleic vegetable oil is good for the body as follows:

• high in vitamin E, which is considered a natural antioxidant that destroys free radicals that often cause cancer;
• low in saturated fats harmful to the body (10%);
• Omega-3-acid, which it contains, helps to lower cholesterol levels in the body, strengthen immunity, protect cell membranes and internal organs from destruction;
• Omega-9-acid normalizes the work of the heart and strengthens blood vessels;
• beneficial effect on the work of the intestines and the entire digestive system;
• the presented oil is absorbed by the body faster than other types, therefore it is considered more useful.

Harm to the body can only bring excessive consumption of vegetable oil. Otherwise, it can be called an ideal product both for pure consumption and for frying.

Popular oil producers

The most famous producers of high oleic oil in Russia are:

1. Refinedpremium deodorized high oleic oil "Aston". The manufacturer indicates on the packaging that this product has 4 times more frying cycles than conventional sunflower. The smoke point is 260°C.
2. High oleic oil brand "Natural Products", "Krasnodar Elite" - has a neutral taste, contains 80% Omega-9 acids and can withstand up to 10 hours of frying. All this information is indicated on the manufacturer's packaging.
3. "Oley Lefkadia" - cold-pressed from high-oleic sunflower varieties.
4. "Rossiyanka" - produced in the city of Atkarsk, Saratov region. Has the ability to retain taste and color when cooked 3 times more than other types of oil.

Customer Reviews

Based on customer feedback, it's safe to say that high oleic oil has many more benefits compared to conventional sunflower oil. At a price it is much higher than olive oil, but in quality it is not inferior to it. It can also be used as a dressing for salads and for frying. The manufacturers of this product claim that it can be used up to 5 times in deep frying without producing dangerous carcinogens.

The taste of high oleic oil is rather neutral, delicate and pleasant. It does not burn or smoke in the pan, retaining all the benefits of the fried foods. Buyers did not find any shortcomings in such oil.

How much?

Cost of butter, shigh content of oleic acid, higher than usual, however, as well as its benefits. High oleic oil is comparable in price to cheap olive oil. Its cost is 140 rubles. for a glass bottle of 0.5 liters. You can buy this oil in all major supermarkets in the country.