Sunflower oil vs. other vegetable oils

[rockycrop]

Is sunflower oil better than any of the other vegetable oils? Not that I am buying containers of the stuff, but I ask because there are these store brand potato chips I like made with "potatoes, sunflower oil, salt".

I don't know if anyone else had read "Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden", but there is a section where she talks about squeezing a handful of sunflower seeds to extract the oil from them. So from reading that I inferred that maybe sunflower oil (since the oil is so easily extracted) is probably a lot less processed than say corn, soybean, or canola oils.
Or I am just kidding myself?

[JaneS]

Yes it is much better than those other oils you list, but not high heat processed potato chips that damage the oils.

It is high in omega 6's though so it should be limited. Olive, coconut, or palm are better choices.

[PeggyinNC]

I love sunflower oil, and use Rapunzel (the Rapadura people) brand sunflower oil. I know it is not as nutritious as good butter or coconut oil, but sometimes I just want something with a mild flavor!

[rockycrop]

Thanks for the confirmation! I am just eating it in these potato chips, so I think I'm OK (I cook at home with coconut oil, lard and butter pretty exclusively).

[FairyRae]

You can buy chips that have been cooked in olive oil online, which WAPF recs over regular chips, although still, when heated at high heats both olive and sunflower oil are damaged.

I would try and not make it a regular thing (at least don't think of it as TF!) and/or try to make your own using a better fat for heating/cooking/frying.

I *have* read that high oleic sunflower seed oil (uncooked) is high in omega 3s, but not sure if that is just bs?? I'd love to hear more on that...

[CherryBomb]

I LOVE olive oil chips! Alidi's of all places had some shortly, but I haven't seen them for awhile.

Anyway, I wouldn't cook with sunflower oil, but as for occasionally in chips, it's a better choice than regular vegetable oil chips, certainly!

[rhianna813]

So is sunflower oil a good choice for mayo, since it's not heated? I have also used safflower oil because it's mild, is it a good choice?

I know olive oil is great for mayo but seems so strongly flavoured.

Thanks for any recommendations!

Rhianna

[artemis33]

I keep Sunflower oil around and use it for my mayo We occasionally pan fry foods with it, but mostly I use bacon grease or ghee. I get either Rapunzel or Spectrum brands.

[JaneS]

Eat Fat Lose Fat's mayo recipe is made of "Mary Enig's Oil Blend" which I believe is coconut, olive and (not toasted) sesame oil, 1/3rd each. I've never made it b/c sesame is DS's ana allergy but it sounded good.

Also I think Delouis France gourmet mayo that is in the WAPF yearly food rec booklet is sunflower oil? It's delicious.

[crunchy_mama]

I am really curious about using it for mayo as well I have used plain olive and the taste is fine but not great. The bacon fat got too hard for my taste.

[Koalamom]

Glad to read this thread. I am trying to eat more local, and I am nothing near italy or the tropics. I have a local farmer that grows and cold cold presses organic sunflower seeds. I use that and what beef fat I have in the fridge from making stocks and I manage to get my fats local. I just need to up my chia seed intake to balance out the omega 3/6's. We are trying to grow chia up here in cold vt and it is working so far...