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Re:Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods Are the Trans Fat Purvey... by dfrage on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:44PM (#20043838)
Per Wikipedia, "the name was a condensation of "Can" from Canada and "ola" from other vegetable oils like Mazola".
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Re:Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods Are the Trans Fat Purvey... by polyfather on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:55PM (#20047324)
Thanks for this. For most of my life I thought it was a sort-of acronym for "CANada Oil, Low Acid" (as it's lower in acid than other rapeseed oils). Your etymology is the correct one.
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