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Health Benefits of Canola Oil


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Canola oil is edible cooking oil which commonly comes from varieties of the rape plant. It also comes from certain varieties of mustard seed. It is a Canadian crop but United States also become a huge producer and consumer of the crop. The annual production of rapeseed oil/canola oil from around the world is approximately 58 million tons. India is the third largest rapeseed-mustard producer in the world after China and Canada with 12 per cent of world’s total production. India holds a premier position in rapeseedmustard economy of the world with 2nd and 3rd rank in area and production respectively. This crop accounts for nearly one-third of the oil produced in India, making it the country’s key edible oilseed crop. Canola types are gaining wide acceptance among the farmers in Punjab, due to more returns, white rust and frost tolerance and higher oil content with better oil quality.
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  • Kris Gunners (2014). Canola Oil: Good or Bad?. Retrieved from: https://www.healthline.com/

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Balwinder Kaur
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ferozepur (Punjab), India
G. S. Aulakh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ferozepur (Punjab), India

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Canola oil is edible cooking oil which commonly comes from varieties of the rape plant. It also comes from certain varieties of mustard seed. It is a Canadian crop but United States also become a huge producer and consumer of the crop. The annual production of rapeseed oil/canola oil from around the world is approximately 58 million tons. India is the third largest rapeseed-mustard producer in the world after China and Canada with 12 per cent of world’s total production. India holds a premier position in rapeseedmustard economy of the world with 2nd and 3rd rank in area and production respectively. This crop accounts for nearly one-third of the oil produced in India, making it the country’s key edible oilseed crop. Canola types are gaining wide acceptance among the farmers in Punjab, due to more returns, white rust and frost tolerance and higher oil content with better oil quality.

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