Cooking and Salad Oil (Blend)

Cooking and Salad Oil Blend: Nutrition and Guide

Cooking and salad oil blends are multipurpose liquid vegetable oil products formulated to perform well both as a cooking medium (stable at moderate-to-high temperatures) and as a salad dressing base (remaining liquid when refrigerated and with a flavour that works in cold applications). These blends typically combine a more stable higher-oleic oil with a lighter oil — often some proportion of canola/rapeseed, sunflower, or soybean oil. The specific composition of this USDA entry (884 kcal, 4.6 g saturated fat per 100 g — one of the lowest saturated fat entries in this database) suggests a predominantly polyunsaturated oil blend with very low saturated fat, possibly safflower- or sunflower-based. Use for dressings, marinades, light sautéing, and applications where a light, neutral, low-saturated-fat oil is wanted.