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Shocking investigation into avocado oil finds nearly all of them are adulterated...

• Natural News - Ethan Huff

(Natural News) Over the past several years, avocado oil has really grown in popularity due to the many known health benefits of avocado fruit. But is all avocado oil created equally? Not exactly.

New research published in the journal Food Control has found that, much like olive oil, avocado oil purity and quality varies dramatically.

The report found that the vast majority of commercially available avocado oils labeled as "extra virgin" and "refined" are adulterated and / or of poor quality. A whopping 82 percent were also found to have gone rancid before their expiration date.

Disturbingly, three of the 22 "avocado oils" tested as part of the research did not even contain avocado oil at all, and were instead composed of something else entirely such as soybean oil.

Study co-author Selina Wang says she expected to find "some percentage of adulterants" within the lineup, but was instead shocked to learn that all of the avocado oils tested were adulterated.

"This study analyzed avocado oils currently on the market in the U.S. to evaluate their quality (e.g., free fatty acidity, peroxide value, UV absorbances, vitamin E) and purity (e.g., fatty acids, sterols, triacyglycerols)," she said.

"Our results showed that the majority of commercial samples were oxidized before reaching the expiration date listed on the bottle. In addition, adulteration with soybean oil at levels near 100% was confirmed in two 'extra virgin' and one 'refined' sample."

Know what you're buying before feeding potentially rancid or adulterated oils to your family

An oil can only be considered authentic and pure when no other additives or oils have been added to it. It must be 100 percent what it says it is, otherwise it cannot be labeled as a specific oil.


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