People often get confused about the difference between canola oil and rapeseed oil. These two plant-based cooking oils, however, are different. Here’s the scoop on both.
Both canola and rapeseed belong to the cabbage or mustard family. The plants' flowers both have that characteristic bright yellow color, and you get oil from both of the seeds by crushing the plants.
That said, they have a couple key genetic differences. Canola was created through plant-breeding in order to get rid of two undesirable components of rapeseed.
Rapeseed oil and canola oil also get mixed up because they can be labeled incorrectly outside of Canada and the United States.
