Canola oil is one of the most popular ingredients for commercially produced margarines, shortenings, salad dressings, baked goods and more. As the food industry moves away from trans fats, canola oil is the market-ready alternative.
Learn more about canola-based biofuels. Canola meal is a source of efficient, palatable protein for livestock, poultry and fish. In dairy herds, feed containing canola meal can increase milk production by 1 litre per cow per day.
Learn more about canola meal. Canadian companies are now exploring opportunities to use canola meal as a plant-based protein source for human diets. Visit proteinindustriescanada.
Like all vegetable oils, canola oil is used for the production of inks, plastics, cosmetics, paints, adhesives and sealants.
Source of healthy cooking oil, animal feed, renewable fuel and plant science innovation. Skip to content subscribe. Search Search. After peaking at 9. Since , production has been on the rise, and by surpassed 10 million tonnes. Over half the 9 million tonnes of canola produced in Canada was exported in Table 2. In , Canadian rapeseed production ranked second in the world behind China and ahead of India, Germany and France Table 3. The broader category of rapeseed is used to compare canola production and trade data with other countries.
By the crop had surpassed wheat to become the most valuable field crop in Canada. In , canola accounted for only 4. Over the same period, wheat receipts dropped from The area seeded with canola varies according to prevailing economics among other factors, but the trend is to increasing area.
Wheat, on the other hand, has been showing the opposite trend in planted area Figure 1. Still others are undergoing expansion. In , total canola crushing reached 3. More than half of our exported canola oil went to the United States.
Table 5 shows other major destinations. In , approximately half of all oil consumed by Canadians was canola. Its low cost, high smoke point and reputed nutritional benefits make canola oil a popular choice. Canola oil has a smaller proportion of saturated fatty acids than any other vegetable oil, and consists mainly of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids Table 6. In October , the U. To achieve this possible benefit, canola oil is to replace a similar amount of saturated fat and not increase the total number of calories you eat in a day.
China has for two years barred canola imports from Canadian exporters Richardson International and Viterra, due to strained relations with Canada. If canola shipments from Canada drop further due to drought, Chinese buyers can turn to alternative animal feeds from soymeal and sunflower meal, and other edible oils as alternatives, industry sources said. Farmers can get more yield from every acre of farmland by growing biotech canola instead of conventional varieties.
Aside from its edible uses in salad dressings, margarine and cake mixes, canola oil can be used in cosmetics, toothpaste, sunscreen and industrial lubricants. Back to Top. Did you know?
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