Specialty Cooking & Salad Oils

part of: Vegetable Oil Blend, product

Enova oil is a specialty cooking and salad oil made predominantly from diglycerides rather than the triglycerides that make up conventional cooking oils. It was developed in Japan and marketed as a functional oil — the diglyceride structure means the body metabolises it differently from standard oils, though the cooking properties are broadly similar.

In practical kitchen use, Enova oil behaves much like any neutral vegetable oil. It has a mild flavour, reasonable smoke point, and works for sautéing, dressing salads, and general cooking. It was briefly available in some international markets but has had limited distribution in Australia.

This is a niche product within the broader cooking oil category, primarily of interest to those specifically seeking diglyceride-based oils.

Produced
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How it's made

Enova oil is produced from soybean and canola oils through an enzymatic interesterification process. Enzymes (lipases) are used to rearrange the fatty acid molecules on the glycerol backbone, converting triglycerides into diglycerides. The resulting oil is then refined, bleached, and deodorised in much the same way as conventional cooking oils to produce a clear, neutral-tasting product.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 884kcal
Protein 0g
Carbs 0g
Fat 100g
Fibre 0g Sugar 0g
Mass Distribution

1 tbsp (1 NLEA serving) is about 14 g — roughly 120 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈3.8kg
Freshwater ≈600L
Land ≈12

≈ Estimated from its category — typical for vegetable oils, not measured for this item yet. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

neutral cooking oil

Goes well with

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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