> > > That would be a better use for it rather than eating it. Con artists have > re-named it "canola oil". > > > Well, rapeseed oil and canola aren't *exactly* the same thing. Canola is technically low erucic acid rapeseed oil. The eruric acid levels in normal rape seed make it unfit for human consumption. Under 21 CFR 184.1555, low erucic acid rapeseed oil derived from /Brassica napus/ or /Brassica campestris/ can be called canola oil. The Canadians simply renamed it for marketing reasons.This is no more or less of a con job than NZ marketing chinese gooseberries as kiwi fruit or simply kiwis in the US in my opinion
IIRC, the EU requires the erucic acid content of less than 5% of the total fatty acids to be called canola while the US requires the eruric acid content to be under 2% to be called canola. John ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
