Avocado oil

Persea americana

Avocado oil is a cooking oil pressed from avocado fruit. Cooks use it raw and for baking, deep-frying, grilling, roasting, sautéing, and stir-frying.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fats & oils
Made from: Avocado
Part used: Fruit
Family: Lauraceae
Energy: 884 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Itineranttrader · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use avocado oil

Typical ways to cook or use it

Bake
Deep fry
Grill
Raw
Roast
Saute
Stir fry

Cooking with it

Avocado oil has a high smoke point: 250 °C for unrefined oil and 271 °C for refined oil. The exact smoke point varies with refinement and storage.

Nutrition

What 100 g of avocado oil holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 100%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of avocado oil
Energy	884 kcal · 3,699 kJ
Protein	0 g
Fat	100 g
of which saturated	12 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	0 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173573), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: avocado oil in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: avocado (pressed)

Around the world

What avocado oil is called

Names in 29 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Aceite de aguacate
French
huile d'avocat · Huile d’avocat
Italian
olio di avocado
Portuguese
Óleo de abacate
German
Avocadoöl
Greek
λάδι από αβοκάντο
Russian
Масло авокадо
Arabic
زيت الأفوكادو
Persian
روغن آووکادو
Hebrew
שמן אבוקדו
Chinese
鳄梨油
Japanese
アボカド油 · アボカドオイル

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Armenian
ավոկադոյի յուղ
Cantonese
牛油果油
Catalan
oli d'alvocat
Czech
avokádový olej
Danish
avokadoolie
Finnish
Avokadoöljy
Indonesian
minyak alpukat · Minyak Alpukat
Irish
ola abhacáid
Javanese
Lenga apokat
Korean
아보카도유
Lithuanian
Avokadų aliejus
Macedonian
авокадово масло · масло од авокадо
Malay
Minyak avokado
Slovenian
avokadovo olje
Swedish
avokadoolja
Ukrainian
Авокадова олія
Uzbek
Avakado yog'i

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q2918735

Photos

Photo: Itineranttrader · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons