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

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A recap on the differences between safflower oil and babassu oil

Babassu oil has less vitamin E, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Babassu oil covers your daily saturated fat needs 368% more than safflower oil.
Babassu oil contains 8 times less polyunsaturated fat than safflower oil. Safflower oil contains 12.82g of polyunsaturated fat, while babassu oil contains 1.6g.
Safflower oil has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleic (primary safflower oil of commerce) and Oil, babassu.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Safflower oil

Babassu oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Safflower oil

Babassu oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+78.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	7.541g	81.2g	335%
Monounsaturated fat	75.221g	11.4g	160%
Vitamin E	34.1mg	19.1mg	100%
Polyunsaturated fat	12.82g	1.6g	75%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid)	12.724g		75%
Vitamin K	7.1µg		6%
Omega-3 (ALA)	0.096g		6%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Weight per 100 calories	11g	11g	N/A
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	12	0.16	N/A
Trans fat	0.096g		N/A
Choline	0.2mg		0%