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Avocado oil is fantastic for high-temperature cooking (smoke point ~500F). "Pure" or "refined" olive oil has a smoke point of around 410F; it's EVOO that has th
by cheald 5y ago
Avocado oil is fantastic for high-temperature cooking (smoke point ~500F). "Pure" or "refined" olive oil has a smoke point of around 410F; it's EVOO that has the lower smoke point. Deep frying happens at ~375F. Coconut and MCT oils are great for baking, but they do have lower smoke points (320-350F) so they're inappropriate for frying.
I generally prefer cooking, frying, and baking with avocado oil, both because of its health profile and because because it's extremely flavor-neutral, while olive and coconut both add a distinct taste to the dish which may not necessarily be desirable.
- telchior 5y agoOh, I didn't know there's a variant of olive with higher smoke point. I'll look out for that, thanks! Not sure if I'll be able to find avocado but I'll try.
- cheald 5y agoIf you have a Costco nearby, they sell a pretty high quality avocado oil under the "Chosen Foods" label. It runs about $20 for a 2 liter bottle. The UC Davis study that found a bunch of adulterated avocado oils specifically called out the Chosen Foods oil as being one of the good ones.
- adrian_b 5y agoI am sure that avocado oil is excellent for high-temperature cooking and I assume that in USA it is cheap, so it is a good choice. However the price of avocado oil varies wildly from country to country. In Europe, where I live, it is 3 to 6 times more expensive that olive oil and 15 to 20 times more expensive than high oleic sunflower oil. So in most places of Europe, the best choice for high-temperature cooking would be high oleic sunflower oil, because it is very cheap, being produced locally and not imported, like avocado oil.
- bduerst 5y agoJust be careful when you buy Avocado oil, a recent study showed that 82% of the Avocado oil on shelves is either mixed or rancid: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713520302449?via=ihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095671352... Chosen Foods and Marianne’s Avocado Oil are the only two that are 100% pure refined avocado oil.
- cheald 5y agoChosen Foods is indeed my brand of choice.