In recent years, the concern about whether the avocado oil available in supermarkets is 100% authentic has grown worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of a global trend, researchers from the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey conducted a study to verify the purity of 12 oil brands in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Luis Mart\u00edn Mar\u00edn Obispo<\/strong>, a researcher at the Tec de Monterrey FEMSA Biotechnology Center<\/a><\/strong>, and who was part of the study, the interest increased around 2015 when the difference in price was noticed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe situation sparked a concern and set out an initiative to update a quality standard”, he says in an interview with TecScience<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, after a joint effort between different countries, agencies specialized in regulating this type of product, and researchers from the Tec de Monterrey, a new quality standard was published, known as the identity footprint<\/strong>, in order to identify which brands really sell unadulterated avocado oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That same year, the Mexican Norm on the composition of avocado oil<\/a><\/strong> was also approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since then, different investigations found that, on many occasions, avocado oil products were adulterated with other oils, such as corn, cotton, or canola oils, which are usually cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Around the world, avocados and their derived products have been increasing in popularity. In particular, avocado oil is known as one of the healthiest, as much as olive oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reason why it is such a good oil is partly due to the fact that it contains Omega 9, monosaturated fats, vitamin E, chlorophyll, and carotenoids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All these components make it a healthy fat that helps our body’s cells maintain their shape<\/strong>, has an anti-inflammatory effect, lowers blood cholesterol levels, facilitates the absorption of nutrients, and prevents cardiometabolic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Fats have been stigmatized,” says Mar\u00edn Obispo, “but there are good oils that benefit the human body.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2022, a group led by Carmen Hern\u00e1ndez-Brenes<\/strong>, a tenured professor at the Tec de Monterrey School of Engineering and Sciences<\/a> and a researcher at the Institute for Obesity Research<\/strong><\/a>, decided to carry out a small-scale study, where they selected 12 brands of avocado oil available in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through composition studies in the laboratory, they compared the values of nutrients, fatty acids, and other components contained in each brand comparing the values established in the avocado’s purity standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What they found was that, of the 12 brands, only four met the established standards for commercial avocado oil. These brands were: Chosen Foods, Simple, Mevi Oil, and In\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These findings match what was discovered in a study conducted by the University of California<\/a><\/strong>, in 2022, which determined that most avocado oil imported and available in the United States is contaminated with other oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBenefits of avocado oil <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Achieving the purity standard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n