"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>> Canola (aka rapeseed oil)
>> > is a poison. I would not not feed it to any living creature.
>>
>> rubbish. Canola oil is not rapeseed oil, and is quite healthy.
>
> Canola is most certainly rapeseed oil, it's a trademark brand name for
> it.

Canola was originally a trademark, but it is now a generic term.

Canola was developed through conventional plant breeding from rapeseed, an
oilseed plant already used in ancient civilization as a fuel. The word
"rape" in rapeseed comes from the Latin word rapum meaning turnip. Turnip,
rutabaga, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, mustard, and many other vegetables are
related to the two natural canola varieties commonly grown, which are
cultivars of Brassica napus and Brassica rapa. The change in name serves to
distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid
content.


it is not accurate to simply call Canola oil "rapeseed oil".



As for it being poison, that is certainly BS. Wikipedia seems to
> have a decent article on it, including the differences between the wild
> rapeseed and the commercial variety used.