Counted under: Seed oils

Cottonseed oil

What counts on a label: Any oil phrase that names “cottonseed”: on its own, with a qualifier such as high oleic, expeller pressed or hydrogenated, as one of an either-or list (“… and/or … oil”), or inside the brackets after “vegetable oil” or “shortening”.

Any one of these anywhere in the ingredient list fails the seed oils check.

In this list

Foods that list it
30
Of all foods
897
Aisles
9

Cereal3 of 60

Chocolate candy1 of 46

Chips and salty snacks7 of 65

Cookies and snack cakes2 of 40

Snack bars and fruit snacks1 of 51

Bread, buns and tortillas2 of 43

Boxed meals, noodles and soup6 of 48

Peanut butter, spreads and syrups3 of 37

Toaster pastries, waffles and oatmeal5 of 40

Also counted under seed oils

Canola oilSoybean oilCorn oilSunflower oilSafflower oilGrapeseed oilRice bran oilVegetable oil (not named)