Corn Oil

These days, what qualifies as a healthy cooking oil is pretty confusing. For instance, “vegetable oils” — such as corn oil, canola oil and sunflower oil— seem like they would be health-promoting considering they’re derived from “vegetables,” but this isn’t necessarily the case.

Corn oil is one type of vegetable oil that you’ll find in food products like:

• salad dressings
• shortenings
• margarines
• spreads
• sauces
• baked products like donuts and cake

Is corn oil healthy, or is corn oil bad for you? As you can tell from the list of foods above, corn oil makes its way into many processed and packaged foods that are lacking nutritional value.