Are canola oil and rapeseed oil poisonous to living things?
No. Canola oil has been thoroughly tested and is guaranteed safe and beneficial for humans. Hydrogenated rapeseed oil is also safe and is in fact approved by Canadian and US food regulatory agencies for use as a food product emulsifier. When rapeseed oil is fully hydrogenated, its erucic acid becomes behenic acid – a natural saturated fatty acid found in peanuts and peanut butter. Some peanut butter brands contain very small amounts of hydrogenated rapeseed oil to prevent the peanut oil from separating from the peanut butter. Rapeseed is grown on very limited acreages in North America under contract between the grower and the buyer. It doesn’t get into the regular grain handling system.
