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Peanut oil

Arachis hypogaeaAlso called groundnut oil and arachis oil

Peanut oil is a vegetable oil made from peanuts. Cooks use it in dressings and marinades and to season food.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: peanuts

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

Category
Fats & oils
Made from
Peanut
Family
Fabaceae
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia
Top country
India
Peanut oil, packaged

Photo: KISUMAR123 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use peanut oil

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Dressing
  • Marinade
  • Season

Cooking with it

Its relatively high smoke point makes it suitable for frying.

Nutrition

What 100 g of peanut 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 peanut oil
Energy884 kcal · 3,699 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat100 g
of which saturated16 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of peanut oil: minerals and vitamins
Iron0.03 mg
Zinc0.01 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 171410, 1750348), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where peanut oil is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use peanut oil. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list peanut oil among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with peanut oil

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Danwake

    Nigeria

  • Dibi

    Senegal

  • Ifisashi

    Zambia

  • Dalwada

    India

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include peanut oil.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: peanut 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
Contains: peanutsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, 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
peanut
A kind of
vegetable oil

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What peanut oil is called

Names in 50 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Aceite de cacahuete

  • French

    huile d'arachide

  • Italian

    olio di semi di arachide · olio di arachidi

  • Portuguese

    óleo de amendoim

  • German

    Erdnussöl

  • Dutch

    pindaolie · arachideolie · grondnotenolie · aardnotenolie

  • Russian

    арахисовое масло

  • Polish

    olej z orzechów arachidowych

  • Arabic

    زيت فول سوداني

  • Persian

    روغن بادام زمینی

  • Hebrew

    שמן בוטנים

  • Hindi

    मूंगफली तेल

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  • Albanian

    Vaji i kikirikut

  • Armenian

    գետնանուշի յուղ

  • Basque

    Kakahuete olio

  • Belarusian

    Арахісавы алей

  • Bulgarian

    Фъстъчено олио

  • Cantonese

    花生油

  • Catalan

    oli de cacauet

  • Central Kurdish

    ڕۆنی پینەت

  • Chinese

    花生油

  • Croatian

    Ulje od kikirikija

  • Czech

    arašídový olej

  • Danish

    jordnøddeolie

  • Esperanto

    Arakida oleo

  • Finnish

    Maapähkinäöljy

  • Fon

    Azìínmi

  • Galician

    Aceite de cacahuete

  • Hausa

    Man gyaɗa

  • Hungarian

    mogyoróolaj

  • Igbo

    Peanut oil

  • Indonesian

    Minyak kacang

  • Japanese

    ピーナッツオイル

  • Javanese

    Lenga kacang

  • Kannada

    ಶೇಂಗಾ ಎಣ್ಣೆ

  • Korean

    땅콩기름 · 낙화생유

  • Lithuanian

    Žemės riešutų aliejus

  • Macedonian

    кикириткино масло · масло од кикиритки

  • Malay

    Minyak kacang

  • Marathi

    शेंगदाणा तेल

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Thô͘-tāu-iû

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    peanøttolje

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Jordnøttolje

  • Serbian

    Уље од кикирикија

  • Slovenian

    arašidovo olje · olje zemeljskega oreška

  • Swedish

    Jordnötsolja

  • Tamil

    கடலெண்ணெய்

  • Telugu

    వేరుశనగ నూనె

  • Ukrainian

    арахісова олія

  • Wu Chinese

    花生油

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q265878

Photos

Photo: KISUMAR123 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons