Why cottonseed oil??

amother

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:44 pm

I am confused why everyplace seems to stock up on cottonseed oil when vegetable oil is kfp. I understand no canola oil, but why do people use cottonseed oil? I use vegetable oil all year around.

out-of-towner

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:45 pm

It's the same thing if you look at the ingredients list.

scruffy

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:45 pm

Lol they just label it differently. The vegetable oil sold for Pesach is cottonseed oil.

amother

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:45 pm

out-of-towner wrote:

It's the same thing if you look at the ingredients list.

amother

Gold

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:46 pm

Cottonseed oil is supposedly very unhealthy, I use walnut oil.

ShishKabob

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:47 pm

I don't use anything with cottonseed oil on pesach, related to kitniyos.

amother

Mauve

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:50 pm

During the year Vegetable oil is soybean oil

out-of-towner

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:50 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

I don't use anything with cottonseed oil on pesach, related to kitniyos.

Are you in Europe or Israel? In America it is accepted that Cottenseed oil isn't Kitnios.

scruffy

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 1:53 pm

out-of-towner wrote:

Are you in Europe or Israel? In America it is accepted that Cottenseed oil isn't Kitnios.

My husband's family does this too and we were told we can be mattir neder for when we're by my parents, since there doesn't seem to be a basis for it being kitnios. But we still keep it at our own house.

amother

Pansy

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:03 pm

I use only olive oil.

amother

Molasses

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:05 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

I don't use anything with cottonseed oil on pesach, related to kitniyos.

Even products that are KLP but made with cottonseed oil?
LIke mayo, chips, etc

scruffy

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:07 pm

amother Molasses wrote:

Even products that are KLP but made with cottonseed oil?
LIke mayo, chips, etc

Yes we don't eat those.

Though they actually have chips with olive oil now

amother

Ecru

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:07 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

I don't use anything with cottonseed oil on pesach, related to kitniyos.

Around 30 years ago this question came up regarding cottonseed oil but shortly after it was resolved and it was clear that it does not contain any kitniyos. Read rabbi blumenkrantz’s pesach book.

amother

Bluebell

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:08 pm

Cottonseed oil is gross Puke

I think pple are moving away from it

amother

Lilac

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:09 pm

amother Gold wrote:

Cottonseed oil is supposedly very unhealthy, I use walnut oil.

We have severe nut allergies.
I know cottonseed is not healthy.
Dont know

amother

Amethyst

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:14 pm

I cook/bake only with olive oil, avocado oil and coconut oil all year round so will do the same on pesach. Cottonseed I think is sourced from cotton and not so healthy.

Ema of 5

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:14 pm

amother OP wrote:

I am confused why everyplace seems to stock up on cottonseed oil when vegetable oil is kfp. I understand no canola oil, but why do people use cottonseed oil? I use vegetable oil all year around.

I use evoo all year, including on Pesach.

amother

Tealblue

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:21 pm

amother Bluebell wrote:

Cottonseed oil is gross Puke

I think pple are moving away from it

The price of the other oils is exorbitant. We can survive a couple of days with cottonseed oil.

Ema of 5

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:22 pm

amother Tealblue wrote:

The price of the other oils is exorbitant. We can survive a couple of days with cottonseed oil.

Why not just get evoo?

amother

Tealblue

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 2:23 pm

Ema of 5 wrote:

Why not just get evoo?

Also more expensive