But I can't come to the conclusion that peanut oil is not safe t

"Peanut Oil, either "laboratory expressed" or extracted using a food-grade solvent, was not carcinogenic to mice. Peanut Oil exerted anticarcinogenic activity when tested against known carcinogens."

"Aflatoxins can be produced in stored agricultural crops such as peanuts, but do not partition into the oils, acids, or glycerides. Manufacturers were cautioned to make certain that the oils, acids, and glycerides are free of aflatoxins and protein"

"Hepatic changes were noted at microscopic examination of rats fed diets containing 15% edible Peanut Oil for 28 days"
this is a concern, but 15% seems to be a high dose, and it does not specify what kind of hepatic changes. And it does not link the changes to aflatoxin in this study.

So I will not base my decision on peanut oil on this study.

And the common sense way to look at this: Aflatoxin is a well-known toxin closely related to peanut, so it will be a QA priority for the manufacturers. If peanut oil becomes associated in the consumers' mind with unsafe amount of aflatoxin, most people will not buy it and the manufacturers go out of business. It makes economical sense for the manufacturers to watch over it.

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• 吃啥买啥都是综合考量。一般能注意个80%就不错了吧。 -Lily168- ♀ (102 bytes) () 09/24/2014 postreply 10:15:22

• In the end, it does not seem to be unsafe, but is not an optimal -Lily168- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2014 postreply 10:24:54