GB 15
Cooking
OPERATION
Healthy cooking
Burning point of separate kinds of oil
ATAG advises to choose an oil based on the baking temperature to
bake in a healthy way. Every kind of oil has a diff erent burning point
at which toxic gases are released. You can see the burning points of
diff erent kinds of oil in the table below.
Oil
Burning point °C
Extra virgin olive oil
160 °C
Butter
177 °C
Coconut oil
177 °C
Rapeseed oil
204 °C
Virgin olive oil
216 °C
Sunfl ower oil
227 °C
Corn oil
232 °C
Peanut oil
232 °C
Rice oil
255 °C
Olive oil
242 °C
