Cooking Oil

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Good health starts in the kitchen. Just take a good look around your kitchen, it is not hard to find essential ingredients which may or nay not be ideal for your health. The most central ingredients to our culinary dishes are cooking oil and salt. However, how many of us stop to think about the quality of the salt and cooking oil that we use?

Almost all dishes require cooking oil, whether it is to deep fry, saute, grill etc. A good cooking oil has to be unrefined and unhydrogenated as the processing results in loss of nutrients and increased saturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids are the culprit behind high cholesterol when we binge on our favorite foods.

In Asian cooking, it is also important to have a high smoking point for the oils we use in cooking. Stir-frying uses heat to sear food while tossing and stirring quickly, giving its fragrance which we typically associate with our char kuay teow. However, as the high heat may cause oils with low smoking points to change in structure and to produce free radicals and carcinogens, we have to be aware of the kinds of oils we use in our cooking.

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Posted by admin | Posted on 22-07-2010

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Tags: additives, asian cooking, bleach, camellia seed oil, cooking oil, cooking oils, deep fried food, dishes, fatty acids, nutrients, oil oil, omega 3, rich source, salads, shelf life, smoke point, unrefined oils, vitamin e

According to experts, 80% of people are consuming the wrong types of oil. Oil is used in most dishes from salads to deep fried food.

LOHAS Organic Camellia Seed Oil

Unrefined extra virgin cooking oil
High smoke point
Rich source of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids, vitamin E and polyphenois
No trans fat & low in saturated fat\No chemicals or additives

Other Cooking Oils

Refined oils undergo processing to increase their volume, extend their shelf life and bleach them. This process also strips the oil of its nutrients and produces trans fat.
Most unrefined oils have low smoke points & are unsuitable for Asian cooking styles

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Lohas Extra Virgin Camellia Seed Oil

Posted by admin | Posted on 21-06-2010

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LOHAS Camellia Seed Oil is 100% organic oil of the highest grade, Unrefined, this extra virgin oil is extracted from the first cold press of camellia seeds. Many types of unrefined oil have low smoke points, thus they are unsuitable for sautéing, frying and deep-frying but unrefined camellia seed oil has one of the highest smoke points at 22o^oC, making it highly suitable for all Asian cooking styles, including deep-frying.

Has similar nutritive and culinary properties to olive oil, making it perfect for salads
High quality cooking oil remains stable at high temperatures
Rich source of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids and Vitamin E
Naturally high content of polyphenols (antioxidants)
Low in saturated fat; does not contain trans-fat
Does not contain chemicals or additives

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GOOD HEALTH Begins in the Kitchen

Posted by admin | Posted on 21-06-2010

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Good health begins with eating good food and one of the most essential elements for cooking is oil. Oil is used in almost all Asian styles of cooking, be it baking, sautéing, stir-frying, pan-frying or deep-frying. We consume oil daily but have you ever thought about what makes good oil?

Health experts confirm that good cooking oil must fulfill 4 criteria to be considered healthy:

1 Unrefined and non-hydrogenated
Oils often undergo refining hydrogenation to increase its shelf life. However, during processing, chemicals are used to dissolve, deslime, de-acidize, bleach and distill the oil, often leaving some residues and resulting in loss of nutrients. The high temperature during processing also produces unhealthy trans fatty acids. Unrefined oils are healthier than refined oils as they have not undergone these chemical processes.

2 Organic
Organic oils are healthier and more wholesome than non-organic oils simply because pesticides, chemical fertilizers and herbicides are not used during the cultivation of the plant.

3 Extra virgin
Extra virgin oils are the finest grade of oils with the highest nutritional value as they are extracted from the first pressing.

4 High smoke point
An Oil’s smoke point refers to the temperature at which it begins to smoke and decompose. Oils with low smoke point can turn carcinogenic (cancer-causing) at high cooking temperatures due to over-smoking and reuse. Thus the higher the smoke point of the oil, the healthier it is.

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