name: Canola
flavor_db_name_variants: canola
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Canola
id: 772
name_scientific: null
description: Canola refers to a cultivar of either Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) or field mustard (Brassica campestris L. or Brassica Rapa var.). Its seeds are used to produce edible oil suitable for consumption by humans and livestock. Originally, Canola was bred naturally from rapeseed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stefansson in the early 1970s, but it has a very different nutritional profile in addition to much less erucic acid. The name "canola" was derived from "Canadian oil, low acid" in 1978. [Wikipedia]
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: Canola
picture_file_name: 797.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 29373
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:48.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Herbs and spices
food_subgroup: Oilseed crops
food_type: Type 2
created_at: 2011-12-19T17:46:32.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:31.000Z
creator_id: 2
updater_id: 2
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 138011
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00772