My personal theory is the bad oil, probably cottonseed. My theory is based on the strange taste of the K for P salads my DH feels compelled to buy- like whitefish and baba ganouj, which are made with cottonseed il. I don’t...

? Soybean? Safflower? Cottonseed? All of the above? It wasn’t so long ago that we were told to avoid saturated fats (palm oil, coconut oil, animal fats). With trans fats out too, is there any fat/oil out there that can be...

safflower and sunflower oils, peanut oils, cottonseed oils. all are pretty much tasteless so they wont mess with the flavor of your foods. They all have fairly high smoking points so you shouldnt run into a problem with smoke or...

And yet, when I was growing up (I’m 46 now), Planters' peanut oil most definitely had a passover hechsher (I think it still does) and was then the ONLY K for P oil around. No one even heard of cottonseed oil then. I have...

Many supermarket brands of puff pastry aren’t made with butter. Pepperidge Farm puff pastry, for example, is vegan-friendly; the “butter” is shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil). As far...

I wonder if the lesser availability of cottonseed oil and the growing dedication of American farmland to corn may force American rabbis to rethink kitniyot. There is the growing chorus in Israel to get rid of it. Perhaps American...

The Golden brand of latkes uses flour, as do the “kosher” brands I have seen sold in stores. I don’t know why they don’t use oils that are recognized as being better. I commonly see cottonseed oil as the...

Nyafat is made with Cottonseed Oil and Beta Carotene. If you live near a supermarket with a good kosher selection you should be able to find it. It comes plain and onion-flavored.

' when it gets near its smoke point. Some of the high heat sprays contain no canola oil; I’m using “pam for grilling” which contains cottonseed oil(check the ingredient list ,some sprays have multiple oils).

Utz are cooked/fried in cottonseed oil. Who told you they’re fried in lard?

“Product of Canada”, distributed by “JJ's Distributing, Inc.” out of Billerica, Mass. (which is not far from me). The chips themselves were not bad, but nothing special; according to the package,...

Lawry’s Garlic Spread ingredients are as follows – Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oils, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Garlic Powder, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Mono and Diglycerides, Carrot Oil (for Color),...

The studies show that hydrogenating fats (i.e. pressure-cooking them with hydrogen and a catalyst such as platinum or nicel, a process developed as a way to substitute cottonseed oil for lard in making soap) makes them...

Tallow, Bha, Bht and Citric Acid to Protect Flavor), Monosodium Glutamate, Food Starch-modified (Corn), Seasoning (Salt, Hydrolyzed Soy and Corn Protein, Yeast Extract, Caramel Color, Flavoring With Partially Hydrogenated...

), Riboflavin) Vitamin B2), Folic Acid), Water, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening (Soybean and Cottonseed Oils Colored With Beta Carotene), Contains 2% or Less of: Gluten, Mono and Diglycerides (from Hydrogenated...