Cooking Oils

47 products ranked by Scout score

Best cooking oils right now

Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 100/100
Scout's analysis: Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil scores 100/100 — the only cooking oil in Scout's catalog with both its purity and its potency verified by third-party labs.…
Kettle & Fire Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished Beef Tallow 98/100
Scout's analysis: Kettle & Fire Beef Tallow scores 98/100. One ingredient: tallow rendered from grass-fed, grass-finished cattle raised without added hormones or antibiotics. Stable at…
Lineage Provisions Beef Tallow 97/100
Scout's analysis: This product is a rendered beef tallow made from high-quality animal fat, offering exceptional heat stability and clean fat macros ideal for high-temperature cooking.

What to skip

PAM Butter Cooking Spray 18/100
Scout's analysis: This cooking spray is heavily penalized due to its use of canola oil, a seed oil that is highly processed and often refined, which can reduce its nutritional value and…
Monini S.P.A. MONINI, GRAPESEED OIL 20/100
Scout's analysis: This product is primarily composed of refined grapeseed oil, which is a seed oil known for its high omega-6 fatty acid content that can promote inflammation. The…
Madhava Avocado Oil 20/100
Scout's analysis: Madhava Avocado Oil scores 20/100. The avocado oil itself is a fine single-ingredient cooking oil, but independent testing (Mamavation) measured 56,808 ppb of total…

Independently lab-tested cooking oils

16 of the 47 products ranked here have a lab panel on their pages — each measured amount, the level it falls in and the report it comes from. The highest-scoring five:

Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 100/100
Nutiva Organic Avocado Oil 86/100
Amazon Fresh Avocado Oil 86/100
AVOHASS Avocado Oil 83/100
Plant Junkie Organic Avocado Oil 80/100
and 11 more in the ranking above

Ingredients to watch in cooking oils

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 47 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Canola oil in 5 of 47
Natural Flavor in 3 of 47
Soy lecithin in 2 of 47

What the better cooking oils have in common

Avocado oil in 16 of 47
Extra virgin olive oil in 9 of 47
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil in 3 of 47
Organic Avocado Oil in 3 of 47

Common questions about cooking oils

What scores highest in cooking oils on Scout?

Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil leads Scout's cooking oils ranking at 100/100, followed by Kettle & Fire Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished Beef Tallow (98) and Lineage Provisions Beef Tallow (97). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in cooking oils?

PAM Butter Cooking Spray scores 18/100, the lowest of the 47 products Scout has analyzed in cooking oils; next lowest are Monini S.P.A. MONINI, GRAPESEED OIL (20) and Madhava Avocado Oil (20). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in cooking oils?

Across these 47 products the most common flagged ingredients are Canola oil, Natural Flavor, Soy lecithin. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

Is anything in cooking oils independently lab tested?

16 of the 47 products on this page carry independent lab results — Kasandrinos Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Nutiva Organic Avocado Oil, Amazon Fresh Avocado Oil, AVOHASS Avocado Oil, Plant Junkie Organic Avocado Oil and 11 more. Each of their product pages shows the measured amounts, the level each falls in and the report they come from.

How does Scout score cooking oils?

Every product in cooking oils gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores cooking oils

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →