2l Rapeseed Oil £1.44 @ Asda

Kernel_Sanders

A few weeks ago Asda launched Britannia cooking oil at £2 for a squarish 2 litre bottle. By the time I needed some, it had gone up to £3, so I bought Aldi's £1/1l offering instead. I've been keeping an eye on the price whilst shopping in Asda expecting it to rollback to £2 at some point, but yesterday noticed it was only £1.44...with no rollback sticker. Bought some, in case it was a misprice. Mind you, oil prices have been tumbling over recent weeks

sarah1972

Thanks, online too http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910001409227

Shame it's not cold pressed Virgin rapeseed which I use for dressings as that would be a massive bargain! Still fantastic price though for cooking. I use this one for dressings/drizzling etc http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oil-Aldborough-Pressed-Rapeseed-bottle/dp/B00HH7SFUG/ref=pd_bia_nav_t_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1D9PXEM2FHJTFHZD6FXM

HowMuchIsThat

I wonder why it does not say rapeseed on the product description? It *is* rapeseed oil, maybe rapeseed oil has a bad press. Thanks.

sarah1972

HowMuchIsThat wrote: »

I wonder why it does not say rapeseed on the product description? It *is* rapeseed oil, maybe rapeseed oil has a bad press. Thanks.

Probably because it is cooking oil and not to be confused with 100% cold pressed virgin rapeseed oil for dressing etc

Crisp and Dry is also rapeseed oil but its called cooking oil or vegetable oil http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/18232404

Rapeseed oil definitely does not get a bad press, completely the opposite, if you watch a lot of cooking shows, a lot of chefs mainly use it now. Its got half the saturated fat of olive oil.

Edwardia

Rapeseed oil is called canola oil in N America bc it was modified by breeding in Canada. Before 1950s humans couldn't eat the stuff it was too toxic. So I don't care how healthy it's claimed to be, it's only grown for EU subsidies and if chefs weren't pushing the stuff there'd prolly be a rapeseed oil lake

sarah1972

Edwardia wrote: »

Rapeseed oil is called canola oil in N America bc it was modified by breeding in Canada. Before 1950s humans couldn't eat the stuff it was too toxic. So I don't care how healthy it's claimed to be, it's only grown for EU subsidies and if chefs weren't pushing the stuff there'd prolly be a rapeseed oil lake

Crisp and Dry has been going for donkeys years and is now the UK's no 1 Vegetable oil brand so it cant be that bad.

I was under the impression that it was only modified because it had a bitter taste due to high levels of glucosinolates in it originally.

Anyway, each to there own. I switched from olive oil and now only use cold pressed rapeseed a few years ago.

AnnieO1234

Crisp n dry is simply the best oil for frying IMHO. X