Nutrition for Canola Oil

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More

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Canola Oil Nutrition Summary

One tablespoon of canola oil (14 grams or 0.49 oz) contains 124 calories and zero grams of protein. Canola oil consist of 100% fat, and less than 1% of water, carbohydrates or protein.

Canola oil is a source of Vitamin E.

In one tablespoon of canola oil:

  • Calories: 124
  • Fat: 14 g, (Saturated: 0.9 g)
There is no significant amounts of protein, sugar, dietary fiber, cholesterol or sodium in canola oil.

See the Canola Oil Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Oil, vegetable, Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic.

Calories in Canola Oil

Canola oil has 124 calories per tablespoon or 886 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat.

100% of calories in canola oil are from fat.

Calories from Fat

The majority, or 100% of the calories in Canola Oil are from fat. Canola oil is high in total fat, with 14 grams or 22% of recommended daily values per tablespoon. Most of the fat in canola oil are healthier unsaturated fats.

Canola oil is cholesterol free but has 0.10738 grams of trans fat.

  • Total fat: 14 g
  • Trans fat: 0.1 g
  • Saturated fat: 0.9 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 10.1 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 2.4 g
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in canola oil.

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Canola Oil

Canola oil is a great source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.36 grams for every tablespoon. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid. [2]

  • alpha linoleic acid: 0.36 g
Also a good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every tablespoon of canola oil contains a total of 2.1 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in canola oil comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid. [2]

  • other omega 6: 0.09 g
  • linoleic acid: 2.03 g
The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in canola oil is 5.9: 1.

Calories Similar to Canola Oil

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Protein in Canola Oil

Canola oil is relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.

Vitamins and Minerals in Canola Oil

Canola oil is a source of Vitamin E.

Canola Oil Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Canola Oil in Cooking

Canola oil is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two tablespoons of canola oil.

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