{"id":28847,"date":"2025-06-02T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28847"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:24:55","slug":"which-cooking-oil-is-best-for-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28847","title":{"rendered":"Which Cooking Oil Is Best for the Planet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A splash here, a splash there. You might not think your cooking oil matters much for the climate and the environment. But it does.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Farming accounts for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/29\/climate\/the-farming-conundrum.html\" title>about a third of global carbon emissions<\/a>. And, according to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0048969722016321\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">major study published in 2022<\/a>, nearly 20 percent of the planet\u2019s total farmed land goes toward oil crops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But that doesn\u2019t mean that all oils are bad. Some are much better than others. And, in some cases, they might even provide a net benefit in terms of planet-warming carbon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here, in a nutshell, is what you should know.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-17e879dd\">The global rankings<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just four crops make up more than 85 percent of the world\u2019s edible oil: palm, soy, canola and sunflower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Peanut, coconut and olive oils are the next biggest. All the others, including corn, grapeseed and avocado, make up just a sliver of the global market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to that study published in 2022, canola and sunflower oil are the two best bets for the climate, on average, around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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You might not think your cooking oil matters much for the climate and the environment. But it does.Farming accounts for about a third of global carbon emissions. And, according to a major study published in 2022, nearly 20 percent of the planet\u2019s total farmed land goes toward oil crops.But that doesn\u2019t mean that all oils are bad. Some are much better than others. And, in some cases, they might even provide a net benefit in terms of planet-warming carbon.Here, in a nutshell, is what you should know.The global rankingsJust four crops make up more than 85 percent of the world\u2019s edible oil: palm, soy, canola and sunflower.Peanut, coconut and olive oils are the next biggest. All the others, including corn, grapeseed and avocado, make up just a sliver of the global market.According to that study published in 2022, canola and sunflower oil are the two best bets for the climate, on average, around the world.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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