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Canola Oil for Frying: Smoke Point, Labels and Reuse

October 17, 2026 · 4 min

Chapters

  1. Four Hundred Thirty Five
  2. Three Bottles, One Word
  3. Inside the Bottle
  4. Setting the Heat
  5. Using It Twice
  6. When to Pick Another Bottle
  7. Your Turn

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

See every canola and frying oil label we checked
Frying with canola oil? The USDA lists canola at about 435°F, well above normal frying temperatures. We read three canola labels from our catalog, show USDA FoodData Central fat data, the USDA frying temperatures by food, and how to reuse and retire frying oil (as of October 2026).

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Chapters
0:00 Four Hundred Thirty Five
0:26 Three Bottles, One Word
1:13 Inside the Bottle
2:00 Setting the Heat
2:33 Using It Twice
2:59 When to Pick Another Bottle
3:28 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.

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