IMPORTANT NOTE: Vial & Box for this kit was updated in 2022
New Vial Size: 10 x 50mm
New Storage Boxes: Sturdy white cardboard flat tray box with a foam inlay for the vials

LWP Food: Vegetable Oils Test Kit
29 vials, that come in a flat tray storage box.

Various oils used in cooking and processed food, including corn oil, groundnut oil, sunflower oil and rapeseed/canola oil.
Products sold as "vegetable oil" sold in supermarkets can come from various sources. Manufacturers will use different combinations of oils at different times. Many of the oils are also used as carrier oils in massage.

VO 1    Almond Oil    
Limited use in cooking, but also used as a massage oil and in skin care preparations. 

VO 2    Almond Oil, Sweet Organic
    
VO 3    Argan Oil    
Used in cooking especially in Morocco, also in cosmetics and taken as a nutritional supplement.

VO 4    Avocado Oil    
Used in cooking and in personal care products and cosmetics. 

VO 5    Coconut Oil    
Used in baked goods, pastries, confectionery, and sautés. Also used in non-dairy creamers and snack foods including popcorn. Has become increasingly popular in health and natural food circles.

VO 6    Coconut Oil, Virgin, Organic
    
VO 7    Corn Oil    
One of the most common cooking oils; also used in salad dressing, margarine, mayonnaise, prepared goods like spaghetti sauce and baking mixes, and to fry prepared foods like potato chips and French fries.

VO 8    Cottonseed Oil    
A major food oil, often used in industrial food processing. Margarine, shortening, salad dressings, commercially fried products.

VO 9    Ghee    
Clarified butter that originated in India and is commonly used in South Asian (Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Sri Lankan, and Pakistani) cuisine and ritual. (Not strictly a vegetable oil, but used in the same way in some countries.)

VO 10    Grapeseed Oil    
Used in cooking and cosmetics.

VO 11    Groundnut Oil / Peanut Oil / Arachis Oil    
Often used in Chinese, South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. Used to make soap.

VO 12    Hazelnut Oil    

VO 13    Macadamia Oil    
Used in cooking (particularly in Australia); also used in cosmetics.

VO 14    Mustard Seed Oil    
Often used for cooking in North India, Eastern India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

VO 15    Olive Oil    
Used in cooking, cosmetics and soaps.

VO 16    Olive Oil, Organic
    
VO 17    Palm Oil    
Widely used in the commercial food industry. A common home cooking ingredient in the tropical belt of Africa, Southeast Asia and parts of Brazil.

VO 18    Rapeseed/Canola Oil    
One of the most widely used cooking oils.

VO 19    Rice Bran Oil    
Popular as a cooking oil in several Asian countries, including Japan and China.  Also used in cosmetics, confectionery, shoe creams and polishing compounds. Used in the preparation of vegetable (non-butter) ghee.

VO 20    Safflower Oil
    
VO 21    Safflower Oil, Organic    

VO 22    Sesame Oil    
Used as a cooking oil in South India, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, Korean, and Southeast Asian cuisine. Used in Ayurvedic medicine. 

VO 23    Sesame Oil, Organic    

VO 24    Sesame Oil, Toasted
    
VO 25    Soybean Oil/ Soya Bean Oil    
Accounts for about half of worldwide edible oil production.  Also used as a base for some printing inks and oil paints.

VO 26    Soybean Oil/ Soya Bean Oil, Organic
    
VO 27    Sunflower Oil    
A common cooking oil.

VO 28    Sunflower Oil, Organic
    
VO 29    Walnut Oil    
Mainly used in cold dishes and salad dressings.