Cooking Oil

[Gonzo the Face]

Anyone experiencing difficulty in getting cooking oil???? Also the price seems to be creeping up. Today Makro was completely out of that brand that I usually buy in the 13 or 18 litre tin. Makro seems to be doing some strange things this past year. Like to hear your input on the cooking oil.

G

[tyznd]

what type of cooking oil do you use?

[kaptainrob]

Logistical problem, perhaps?

Hang Dong had stock today.

[Chiengmaijoe]

There has been a Palm cooking oil supply problem for the last month at least. As new stock comes in it is quickly sold out. The government wants to import more from Malaysia or Indonesia, and local suppliers are not pleased. The price has been rising steadily for a while. I imagine there is some witholding of stock going on too. In one of the big stores a week or so I saw a sign limiting each customer to 2 or 3 litres. A sure sign of a shortage.

[Chiengmaijoe]

I just got back from Makro and they had no 18 lire cans of Palm Oil and only one brand of 13.75 litre palm oil, with not much of that in stock either.

[worgeordie]

When buying the lge tins of palm oil,you should check the price

per ltr,as the ltr.size is/was a controlled price ,where the larger

sizes are not,so buying a 18 ltr.tin might be more expensive than

18x1 ltr. plastic bottles.that happens with some other products at

Makro,

Regards Worgeordie

[Tywais]

From a commodities web site - 'Thailand plans to import around 50,000 tonnes of crude palm oil from February due to a domestic shortage.' Feb 11, 2015

And a topic in Thaivisa News - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/793214-thailand-to-import-50000-tons-of-raw-palm-oil-to-ease-expected-shortage/

[spidermike007]

Use only sunflower or rice bran oil. Both are plentiful here and inexpensive. Most anything else is going to have high saturated fat levels. These oils have super low saturated fat levels due to their high flash points. Take car of your arteries. Avoid soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola oil, like the bubonic plague.

[Jip99]

I like this chart:-

[Chiengmaijoe]

Use only sunflower or rice bran oil. Both are plentiful here and inexpensive. Most anything else is going to have high saturated fat levels. These oils have super low saturated fat levels due to their high flash points. Take car of your arteries. Avoid soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola oil, like the bubonic plague.

I'm surprised that we got to post #8 before we got this sort of comment. My guess was 3 or 4.

The bubonic plague reference has made the wait worthwhile. Thanks.

[Jip99]

Use only sunflower or rice bran oil. Both are plentiful here and inexpensive. Most anything else is going to have high saturated fat levels. These oils have super low saturated fat levels due to their high flash points. Take car of your arteries. Avoid soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola oil, like the bubonic plague.

I'm surprised that we got to post #8 before we got this sort of comment. My guess was 3 or 4.

.... and your point is ?

[northernjohn]

When buying the lge tins of palm oil,you should check the price

per ltr,as the ltr.size is/was a controlled price ,where the larger

sizes are not,so buying a 18 ltr.tin might be more expensive than

18x1 ltr. plastic bottles.that happens with some other products at

Makro,

Regards Worgeordie

I have noticed the same thing in many other products.

As for strange things happening in Macro didn't they just get bought out by the same company that owns 7/11?

[worgeordie]

When buying the lge tins of palm oil,you should check the price

per ltr,as the ltr.size is/was a controlled price ,where the larger

sizes are not,so buying a 18 ltr.tin might be more expensive than

18x1 ltr. plastic bottles.that happens with some other products at

Makro,

Regards Worgeordie

I have noticed the same thing in many other products.

As for strange things happening in Macro didn't they just get bought out by the same company that owns 7/11?

Yes,CP, i believe they were major shareholders in Makro ,but had to sell them,

along with Lotus (Tesco/Lotus,in the big crash ,but now are buying back what

they had to sell off,think they would like Lotus back too,and as Tesco not doing

too well in the UK at least maybe they will get the chance.

regards Worgeordie

[worgeordie]

Just back from Makro on Superhighway and they have good stocks of cooking

oil, BUT only in big cans and what looks like 500cc or less bottles.very few 1 ltr

size, check the price on one brand 18litre per litre 49.45, same oil in 1 ltr bottle

41.67 per ltr, so buying 18x 1 ltr bottles you would save 140 THB,plus the ltr

bottles are easier to use,and you could recycle the bottles,it would not mean

you were a cheap Charlie,but a sensible businessman,right ,Joe

I only buy Rice bran oil ,and was surprised to see the price had dropped 2 THB

a ltr,maybe a result of over supply from all the rice they are milling for export

regards Worgeordie

[Gonzo the Face]

Just back from Makro on Superhighway and they have good stocks of cooking

oil, BUT only in big cans and what looks like 500cc or less bottles.very few 1 ltr

size, check the price on one brand 18litre per litre 49.45, same oil in 1 ltr bottle

41.67 per ltr, so buying 18x 1 ltr bottles you would save 140 THB,plus the ltr

bottles are easier to use,and you could recycle the bottles,it would not mean

you were a cheap Charlie,but a sensible businessman,right ,Joe

I only buy Rice bran oil ,and was surprised to see the price had dropped 2 THB

a ltr,maybe a result of over supply from all the rice they are milling for export

regards Worgeordie

.....cooking oil yes and in big tins 13.75 & 18 ltr. , but is it palm or soybean oil or some other?????

[quidnunc]

Use only sunflower or rice bran oil. Both are plentiful here and inexpensive. Most anything else is going to have high saturated fat levels. These oils have super low saturated fat levels due to their high flash points. Take car of your arteries. Avoid soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola oil, like the bubonic plague.

This is another zombie idea that has long since been exploded. Exploding zombies!! At any rate, you can look up the latest massive studies and the history of the mistaken belief that saturated fats are bad for your health. The only kind of saturated fats that are harmful are the transfats (hydrogenated vegetable oil) which are mostly an industrial artefact.

[quidnunc]

As for palm oil, we should all be using a lot more of it. There's still a fair amount of untidy rain forest out there where there could be neat and picturesque rows of oil palms.. Actually, I would prefer golf courses or, best of all, parking lots but I'll settle for endless expanses of plantations..

[tyznd]

Just back from Makro on Superhighway and they have good stocks of cooking

oil, BUT only in big cans and what looks like 500cc or less bottles.very few 1 ltr

size, check the price on one brand 18litre per litre 49.45, same oil in 1 ltr bottle

41.67 per ltr, so buying 18x 1 ltr bottles you would save 140 THB,plus the ltr

bottles are easier to use,and you could recycle the bottles,it would not mean

you were a cheap Charlie,but a sensible businessman,right ,Joe

I only buy Rice bran oil ,and was surprised to see the price had dropped 2 THB

a ltr,maybe a result of over supply from all the rice they are milling for export

regards Worgeordie

.....cooking oil yes and in big tins 13.75 & 18 ltr. , but is it palm or soybean oil or some other?????

so what oil do you use to cook with? you never answered this question.

[Chiengmaijoe]

Use only sunflower or rice bran oil. Both are plentiful here and inexpensive. Most anything else is going to have high saturated fat levels. These oils have super low saturated fat levels due to their high flash points. Take car of your arteries. Avoid soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola oil, like the bubonic plague.

I'm surprised that we got to post #8 before we got this sort of comment. My guess was 3 or 4.

.... and your point is ?

That Pavlov didn't need his dogs, he just needed a few salivating health-conscious Save The Earth types who can't key in the words quick enough to save us all from ourselves. Certain keywords gets their saliva glands going into overdrive, two of which are palm and oil.

[cooked]

I make my own lard. Tastes great.

[chingmai331]

Peanut oil the best for all purposes, well nearly all. Olive best for raw food salad. Otherwise, peanut for fry, bake and cake.

Carrot cake with peanut oil, HMMMM gud. Esp loaded with cream cheese and sugar frosting.

See chart to confirm, if cost and health conscious.

[worgeordie]

I make my own lard. Tastes great.

There was a report on the BBC the other day,saying fats like butter and full fat milk

are not bad for you ,taken in moderation of course,and in fact could be good for you,

"a little bit of what you like does you good"

regards Worgeordie

[worgeordie]

Just back from Makro on Superhighway and they have good stocks of cooking

oil, BUT only in big cans and what looks like 500cc or less bottles.very few 1 ltr

size, check the price on one brand 18litre per litre 49.45, same oil in 1 ltr bottle

41.67 per ltr, so buying 18x 1 ltr bottles you would save 140 THB,plus the ltr

bottles are easier to use,and you could recycle the bottles,it would not mean

you were a cheap Charlie,but a sensible businessman,right ,Joe

I only buy Rice bran oil ,and was surprised to see the price had dropped 2 THB

a ltr,maybe a result of over supply from all the rice they are milling for export

regards Worgeordie

.....cooking oil yes and in big tins 13.75 & 18 ltr. , but is it palm or soybean oil or some other?????

I only checked the Soya Bean oil,but there lots of other oils further along the aisle

so i would suspect they would have had Palm oil too,in big tins and very small plastic

bottles,maybe 250 ml, what kind of oil are you looking for ? some other?

regards Worgeordie

[Gonzo the Face]

Just back from Makro on Superhighway and they have good stocks of cooking

oil, BUT only in big cans and what looks like 500cc or less bottles.very few 1 ltr

size, check the price on one brand 18litre per litre 49.45, same oil in 1 ltr bottle

41.67 per ltr, so buying 18x 1 ltr bottles you would save 140 THB,plus the ltr

bottles are easier to use,and you could recycle the bottles,it would not mean

you were a cheap Charlie,but a sensible businessman,right ,Joe

I only buy Rice bran oil ,and was surprised to see the price had dropped 2 THB

a ltr,maybe a result of over supply from all the rice they are milling for export

regards Worgeordie

.....cooking oil yes and in big tins 13.75 & 18 ltr. , but is it palm or soybean oil or some other?????

I only checked the Soya Bean oil,but there lots of other oils further along the aisle

so i would suspect they would have had Palm oil too,in big tins and very small plastic

bottles,maybe 250 ml, what kind of oil are you looking for ? some other?

regards Worgeordie

It seems to be no problem for soy bean oil..... the shortage is palm oil...

We use palm oil the most but also use sunflower, soya, peanut and also a goodly bit of bacon fat.

Found the last 2 big tins at Lotus this afternoon.

[elektrified]

Just got in from Makro. There were 60 tins of 13.75 litres or whatever it is sitting on the floor. Soybean oil - which I think is the most unhealthiest. Didn't notice the price.

[rabid old goat]

I like this chart:-

Cooking-Oil-Comparison-Chart.png

says "buy olive oil in tins not glass"

whats that all about. only ever bought it in glass.

[quidnunc]

I like this chart:-

Cooking-Oil-Comparison-Chart.png

says "buy olive oil in tins not glass"

whats that all about. only ever bought it in glass.

Light breaks down the oil and eventually makes it rancid.

[JulieM]

I like this chart:-

Cooking-Oil-Comparison-Chart.png

says "buy olive oil in tins not glass"

whats that all about. only ever bought it in glass.

Light breaks down the oil and eventually makes it rancid.

You can buy it in dark colored glass and store it out of sunlight and it will be fine. And the suggestion that canola oil is unhealthy is just plain bonkers for most every opinion and study you will find.

[Jip99]

I like this chart:-

Cooking-Oil-Comparison-Chart.png

says "buy olive oil in tins not glass"

whats that all about. only ever bought it in glass.

Light breaks down the oil and eventually makes it rancid.

You can buy it in dark colored glass and store it out of sunlight and it will be fine. And the suggestion that canola oil is unhealthy is just plain bonkers for most every opinion and study you will find.

You mean like these:-

http://authoritynutrition.com/canola-oil-good-or-bad/

http://www.naturalnews.com/026630_oil_canola.html

Canola is not badly placed on that cooking chart - especially organic.

[JulieM]

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