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palm oil is only 9% polyunsaturated, as opposed to something like canola which is 20%.



I had never heard of canola oil.

The ratio is ~1/2, which is pretty good to know.


> I had never heard of canola oil.

It is called different things in different places. Canola is actually a specific cultivar of Rapeseed. Canola actually stands for "Canada Oil" and the term probably isn't well known out of North America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed


South America, canola oil is pretty well known




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