Corn oil vs. Safflower oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are corn oil and safflower oil different?

Corn oil is higher in polyunsaturated fat; however, safflower oil is richer in vitamin E and monounsaturated fat.
Daily need coverage for vitamin E for safflower oil is 132% higher.
Corn oil contains 4 times more polyunsaturated fat than safflower oil. While corn oil contains 54.677g of polyunsaturated fat, safflower oil contains only 12.82g.
Safflower oil has less saturated fat.

Oil, corn, industrial, and retail, all purpose salad or cooking and Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleic (primary safflower oil of commerce) are the varieties used in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Corn oil

Safflower oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

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Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Corn oil

Safflower oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+138.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+273.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

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~equal in Choline ~0.2mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	54.677g	12.82g	279%
Vitamin E	14.3mg	34.1mg	132%
Monounsaturated fat	27.576g	75.221g	119%
Saturated fat	12.948g	7.541g	25%
Vitamin K	1.9µg	7.1µg	4%
Calories	900kcal	884kcal	1%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Trans fat		0.096g	N/A
Choline	0.2mg	0.2mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	1.161g	0.096g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	53.23g	12.724g	N/A