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Canola India Fast Facts About Canola

Canola plants grow from three to five feet tall and produce beautiful small, yellow flowers.
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Canola India is the information source about canola oil for consumers, health professionals, chefs, media, educators - everyone who wants to know more about the world's healthiest oil. The plants produce pods from which seeds are harvested. Canola oil comes from the crushed seeds of canola plants. These seeds contain about 42% oil—double the oil content of soybeans. This large percentage of oil co

mes in a small package; canola seeds are tiny and resemble poppy seeds, though they are brownish-black in color. Canola is widely grown in Canada, where it was developed, and to a lesser extent in the United States and Australia. However, canola oil is consumed in many countries. Although they look similar, canola and rapeseed plants and oils are very different. Canadian scientists used traditional plant breeding to eliminate the undesirable components of rapeseed and created “canola,” a contraction of “Canadian” and “ola.” Canola oil is an improved version of rapeseed oil. Canada—primarily the prairie provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba—accounts for the largest supply (exports) of canola in the world. For more information about canola oil, go to www.canolainfo.org.

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