Today I learned that

Lower in saturated fat than even olive oil and you can heat it to a higher temperature so more versatile in cooking. We grow loads of the stuff in the UK too.

Most farmers refer to the plant as Canola. When it was starting to become popular it was called Rapeseed or simply Rape. That had a lot of political implications so the name Canola was adopted. Yes there are massive amounts of it grown in Western Canada. When I was learning to fly the Canola was in full blossom and it was almost hard to look at the field from the air. Just a mass of bright yellow. Bees love it though so there is that.

I use it for cooking and baking the most because it usually has the most neutral flavour/scent. Despite that canola field stinks quite a lot if you are near it. I think it's one of the most frequently grown crops here as well.

The crop in New Zealand was always known as Rape....until marketing replaced it with the brand name CANOLA.

New Zealand also renamed the Chinese Gooseberry to Kiwifruit and Passion Fruit to Crinkle Berry.

I had no idea. I just always assumed it came from a canola plant

Yes, but there seems to be a strong movement to rename the plant because "rapeseed" is offensive. Meanwhile, in one of the WALLANDER mystery books/TV series, a killing takes place in a burning rapeseed field in Sweden and the yellow of the filed in the TV version is stunning.

Interesting. In continental Europe, it is not known as Canola but, depending on the language, as Raps (German), colza (French/Italian/Spanish) just to mention a few languages. The name canola is unknown in continental Europe

It is very affordable and I have a little leftover now but I am convinced that Olive Oil will be best as far as a healthy oil.

And all this time, I had assumed it came from canola seeds! 😄

Thanks for the info!

Quite a lot of rapeseed is grown in England too

It`s good stuff.

Canola is a genetically modified plant.