Sunflower Oil
Level 4 — Significant concerns2 sources
Sunflower Oil is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: RBD sunflower oil
Where you'll see it
Lyra's ice cream, virtually any product with 'vegetable oil' listed
What the research says
Same RBD critique: refined-bleached-deodorised, denatured, low in micronutrients. Paul Hart argues these belong in NOVA group 4; van Tulleken caveats that cooking at home with sunflower oil differs from eating it in an industrially produced product with many other ingredients.
[ultra-processed-people] Same RBD critique: refined-bleached-deodorised, denatured, low in micronutrients. Paul Hart argues these belong in NOVA group 4; van Tulleken caveats that cooking at home with sunflower oil differs from eating it in an industrially produced product with many other ingredients.
[metabolical] High-linoleic sunflower oil contributes to the 20:1 omega-6:omega-3 ratio of the processed Western diet, driving arachidonic-acid-mediated inflammation. Cis-double bonds isomerize to trans on heating beyond smoke point.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Metabolical (Lustig) — Chapter 1; Chapter 18: seed oils are high in omega-6 fatty acids, which are highly pro-inflammatory
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 4: The discovery of UPF (footnote): There is persuasive emerging evidence that these seed oils are harmful in lots of ways at the doses we consume them