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[Flatbush]

1.  Is Canola oil more apt to turn rancid than Vegetable oil? I have kept Veg. oil for long periods of time, and never had this problem.
2. Why should I use Canola oil in place of Veg. oil even if the recipe calls for Canola oil ?

TIA.

[Kachina624]

Canola IS vegetable oil and is interchangeable with other vegetable oils.

[mspatmac]

@Flatbush  I suggest you google is canola oil the same as vegtable oil.  I didn't know the answer to your question so I googled and was surprised what I learned.

For example   "Although canola oil and vegetable oil are both plant-based oils—canola oil comes from the rapeseed plant and vegetable oil is typically soybean-based or made from a blend of vegetable oils—they differ in their fat composition."

Lot's more info and has changed how I will use each one differently.  

[furbabylover]

Go to the livelovefruit website and read up on canola oil. I had NO idea this stuff was so bad. A mild oil is Avocado oil, and it has a high heat point. 

[sunshine45]

i use canola oil , peanut oil, olive oil, and grapeseed oil. all of them can go rancid. i stopped buying the huge containers of them and now buy the "normal sized" ones.

[Still Raining]

All types of vegetable oil goes bad after about a year.  So no difference there.

Not sure why your recipe calls for it.  Due to temperature?

[piperbay]

I stopped using canola and vegetable oil after reading how they are processed.  They are not healthy.

I use Olive and Avocado oil now and buy in a dark glass bottle.

When I made a chocolate cake and it called for vegetable oil, I used olive oil and it came out good.   

[PINKdogWOOD]

Thanks for posting the differences b/t canola and vegetable oils because they are not the same. 

As well, different recipes call for different oils because of their taste/flavor, holds true for olive oils for those of us who use this instead. When making baked goods they usually call for vegetable oil because of the mild or almost no-taste flavor.