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Crisco Vegetable Oil
Cooking & Baking
📊 NOVA 2🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Crisco Vegetable Oil

Crisco
64 foz
Available at Foodtown
120
Calories
0g
Protein
0mg
Sodium
2
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Crisco Vegetable Oil in a 64 fl oz jug is a staple you’re likely to spot on the grocery aisle dedicated to cooking oils, baking supplies and shortenings — shelved near canola and corn oils, vegetable shortening, and large cooking sprays. It reads as a pantry workhorse for shoppers stocking up for bulk cooking or seasonal baking. Occasions include family-scale holiday baking, big-game frying sessions, and storm- or bulk-shopping trips where longevity and volume matter. The Crisco brand evokes long-standing American home-cooking associations: economy, reliability, and an intergenerational presence in many kitchens rather than trend-driven artisanal positioning. Packaging is functional and familiar — a wide plastic jug with a handle and screw cap designed for easy pouring; labeling is straightforward rather than playful, with no child-focused characters or bright toy-like graphics. Standard label cues tend to emphasize utility (uses for frying, baking, greasing) and simple ingredient transparency rather than organic or specialty claims; the common retail SKU is not marketed as organic and does not carry kid-focused health halos. In plain terms the oil is an extracted and refined culinary ingredient — industrially processed from soybeans to produce a stable, neutral-tasting cooking oil. Sensory notes: a clear, pale-yellow liquid with a slick, low-viscosity mouthfeel and almost no aroma; it performs quietly in rituals like pan-frying, deep-frying, greasing baking pans, or blending into dressings. For many shoppers Crisco Vegetable Oil represents practical, economical cooking fuel for everyday and large-scale recipes.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 128
Calories120
% Daily Value*
Total Fat14g18%
Saturated Fat2g10%
Sodium0mg0%
Total Carbohydrate0g0%
Protein0g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Soybean, Oil..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • soybean oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:2 / 4

Processed Ingredients

Why this score?

This product is a single-ingredient, industrially extracted and refined cooking oil used as a culinary ingredient; under NOVA it fits category 2 (processed culinary ingredient) rather than ultra-processed formulations.

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Common Questions about Crisco Vegetable Oil

Well, that depends on how you define 'healthy.' Crisco Vegetable Oil is primarily soybean oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fats. While it's not inherently 'bad,' it’s best enjoyed in moderation, especially compared to oils like olive oil or avocado oil that offer more nutrients and flavor.

Perfect For

holiday-baking
game-day-prep
storm-prep

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