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Corn oil

Zea maysAlso called maize oil

Corn oil is a vegetable oil extracted from maize. Cooks use it as a fat.

  • 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
Maize
Family
Poaceae
Corn oil, packaged

Photo: Basilicofresco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use corn oil

Cooking with it

Refined corn oil has a high smoke point and is useful for frying.

Nutrition

What 100 g of corn 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 corn oil
Energy900 kcal · 3,766 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat100 g
of which saturated13 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 171029, 748323), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: corn 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
maize (extracted)
A kind of
vegetable oil

Around the world

What corn oil is called

Names in 41 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    aceite de maíz · aceite de maiz

  • French

    huile de maïs · huile de mais

  • Italian

    olio di semi di mais

  • Portuguese

    Óleo de milho

  • German

    Maiskeimöl · Maisöl

  • Dutch

    maïsolie

  • Greek

    Αραβοσιτέλαιο · Καλαμποκέλαιο

  • Turkish

    Mısır yağı

  • Russian

    Кукурузное масло

  • Polish

    olej kukurydziany · Olej kukurydziany

  • Arabic

    زيت الذرة · زيت ذرة

  • Persian

    روغن ذرت

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  • Albanian

    Vaji i misrit

  • Armenian

    Եգիպտացորենի յուղ

  • Basque

    Arto olio

  • Belarusian

    Кукурузны алей · Маісавы алей

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    óleo de milho

  • Cantonese

    粟米油

  • Catalan

    oli de dacsa · oli de moresc · oli de panís · oli de blat de moro

  • Chinese

    粟米油 · 玉米胚芽油 · 玉米油 · 玉米芽油

  • Czech

    Kukuřičný olej

  • Egyptian Arabic

    زيت دره

  • Esperanto

    Maizoleo

  • Finnish

    maissiöljy

  • Galician

    Aceite de millo

  • Hebrew

    שמן תירס

  • Hungarian

    kukoricaolaj

  • Indonesian

    Minyak jagung

  • Irish

    gránola

  • Japanese

    コーン油 · コーンオイル · とうもろこし油

  • Javanese

    Lenga jagung

  • Kazakh

    Жүгері майы

  • Korean

    옥수수기름

  • Lithuanian

    Kukurūzų aliejus

  • Nepali

    मकैको तेल

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    maisolje

  • Simplified Chinese

    粟米油

  • Slovenian

    koruzno olje

  • Swedish

    majsolja

  • Thai

    น้ำมันข้าวโพด

  • Traditional Chinese

    粟米油

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    粟米油

  • Ukrainian

    Кукурудзяна олія · Кукурудзяне масло

  • Vietnamese

    Dầu ngô

  • Wu Chinese

    玉米油

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q856775

Photos

Photo: Basilicofresco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons