Re: Enova oil????

[Guest guest]

> Is this a SBD friendly product??

>

> What about Smart Balance oils, or butters??

The big thing with the SBD and fats (oils are just fats) is that you want to

avoid saturated fats and trans fats. To that end, Enova meets the

requirements.

Enova is made from soy and canola oils. 1 tablespoon has 14g of fat, .5g is

saturated, 8 is polyunsaturated, 5 is monounsaturated. It has been marketed

in Japan as " Healthy Econa " since 1999 and has the GRAS label here in the

US.

That said, I decided when this product came out that I was going to avoid

it. I'm trying to remember what the reasons were that I came to this

conclusion after researching it. Here's what I recall.

1) To the best of my knowledge, the product is NOT non-GMO. Soy beans and

corn, the precursors of soy oil and canola oil, are heavily polluted by

modern genetic modification of crops. I try to avoid GMO foods as much as

possible.

2) Enova oil is a refined oil. In other words, it goes through a chemical

process to be created (esterification). The best oils to use are those that

are expeller pressed; this oil is most likely processed through chemicals

twice (first to make the soy and canola oils, then to make the enova).

3) The companies involved in this product give me pause for concern. The

founding company in Japan, Kao, has, " ...businesses related to products and

brands in the fields of cleanliness, beauty, health, and chemicals.... "

According to what I read on one site, Enova (as Econa) was originally

created in 1928 but it didn't find its way into the food market until 1999.

It's difficult to get at exactly how Kao and ADM are working together on

this product but it APPEARS that ADM grows the soybeans/corn and uses

technology developed by Kao to produce the oil. ADM also appears to be

owned by Kao.

4) There is limited information on the product's reaction to heat. For

example, how does it react to heat, does it form carcinogens when used to

fry (like some oils), does it develop unpleasant flavors, and so forth.

I'm trying to find the info I compiled on it to no avail. I put out a

couple of inquiries to see if someone can jog my memory. FWIW, those are a

few concerns I, personally, have about the product.

[Guest guest]

A quick follow-up -- I'm in the middle of brain drain here. For some reason

I keep saying canola oil comes from corn. It doesn't; it comes from

rapeseed. Don't ask me how I'm getting the two mixed up; just brain dead

today I guess.