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Rice bran oil (refined)
Rice bran oil (refined)
Rice bran oil (refined)
What is it:
Rice bran oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the outer layer of rice grains, known as rice bran. It is a popular cooking oil and ingredient in skincare products. The production process involves first milling the rice to remove the hulls, leaving behind the bran. Solvents such as hexane are used to extract the oil from the bran, and it undergoes refining processes such as degumming, neutralization, bleaching, and deodorization. The resulting oil is light in flavor and possesses a high smoke point.
Rating:
Rice bran oil is rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and healthy fats. Rice bran oil has been associated with various health benefits, including improving serum lipid profiles. However, refined rice bran oil is extracted with hexane, a harsh solvent which the use of can have harmful effects on the environment, people, and animals. Additionally, solvent extraction methods may result in a product with less oxidative stability, meaning that the fatty acids in rice bran oil may be more likely to denature and form harmful compounds during processing, cooking, and storage.
Resources:
- Health benefits of rice bran oil (review)
- Rice bran oil consumption benefits serum lipid profile in adults (systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials)
- Cold press extraction methods result in higher oxidative stability than solvent extraction method of rice bran oil
- Hexane as an environmental pollutant
- EPA Toxicological review of hexane
How we rate ingredients
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your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:
Clean
It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.
Caution
It goes into one or more of the below categories
- It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
- It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)
We Avoid
It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)
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