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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Vegetable oil was copied or moved into Seed oil controversy with this edit on 3:14, 29 August 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

"Partially hydrogenated oil" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Partially hydrogenated oil has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 6 § Partially hydrogenated oil until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 05:20, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ω-6:3 ratio

The column headed "ω-6:3 ratio" in the section 'Composition of fats' seems to have two things wrong with it. There are twenty entries in it and eighteen are numeric (with two as "very high" and one blank, since it would be the ratio of 0:0!) Nine of the entries ARE ratios, ie, they have two numbers separated by a colon, eg, 4.5:1, and nine are not. That's the first wrong thing, which is minor if the other nine could all have ":1" added, or the first nine could have their ":1" removed. The other wrong thing is that two other columns contain ω-6 and ω-3, and so this column might be expected to be the one divided by the other, and for those oils with the ":1" in the ratio column, it is. But for the other nine, it clearly isn't, so possibly two editors are editing this data with two different ideas in mind, but I am not a food scientist and I've no idea how to correct this. Nick Barnett (talk) 12:22, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mention of book by Pagnol - anyone have a copy?

In the Antiquity subsection of the History there's a mention of "Pagnol, p. 19". That's presumably Pagnol + Rey-Billeton: L'huile d'olive. Does anyone have a copy, to check if the page reference is right?

In the original edit, this mention was a comment associated with a reference (#7) to an archaeology paper by Galili et al. 2A04:B2C2:1000:D000:6190:DDED:FB55:DC37 (talk) 11:16, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The text on the article you are referring to is "Pagnol, p. 19, says the 6th millennium in Jericho, but cites no source". This is actually a mistake, p. 19 includes no text and only a photograph. I have read the book, here is a translation:

"Almost everywhere, archaeological discoveries have brought to light remains of mills, jar stores, etc., which show us the importance and development, from ancient times, of olive growing techniques in olive civilizations. In Jericho, 6,000 years BC. B.C., the wild olive tree already produced fruits and very fine oil. From the 3rd millennium, it was cultivated throughout the Fertile Crescent, a vast curve encompassing Egypt from the Nile to the Tigris, Palestine and Syria".

The above is from page 17 of the book. Olive oil is technically not a vegetable oil. I think the section needs an update with historical content on vegetable oils, I will have a look round for other sourcing. Veg Historian (talk) 13:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove section about endocrine disruption?

Most of the citations come from a unselective journal called Nutrients. A google will confirm this. This section needs a wider variety of citations and it needs to clarify whether the research was done on humans or animals. 131.191.32.105 (talk) 05:53, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The reliability of Nutrients has been challenged here, but since two of the four citations in the section are to sources other than Nutrients, I do not think that, without other evidence, the removal of the section is justified. The content sourced to Nutrients is subject to removal or modification, particularly if reliable sources are available that support different content. I will mark the content sourced to Nutrients as needing better sources, but I don't have time right now for a deep dive into the subject. Donald Albury 14:13, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The other "sources" aren't any better, being if the same ilk. The whole section is poorly written, POV-pushing woo fest. It fails in tone and in content. I'm removing it. oknazevad (talk) 14:31, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've given the section a heavy trim; it had some dreadful, unreliable sourcing. Bon courage (talk) 14:35, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just cut it out entirely. The entire section was inappropriate in tone and obviously POV of a FRINGE variety. The fact that it was full of style errors also indicates that it was added not to improve the encyclopedia but to make a point, one part of the seed oil misinformation industry. I appreciate and applaud your efforts to salvage the section, but the whole thing was fruit of the poisoned vine, essentially. oknazevad (talk) 14:49, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]