> Thinking of cooking oils, canola gets its name from which phrase?And the answer: Canada oil. Photo credit: healthline.com[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/is-canola-oil-healthy].Canola is a geneticvariation of rapeseed, developed by Canadian plant breeders in the second halfof the 20th century. It's now used worldwide as a cooking oil, mainly for itsnutritional qualities, including low levels of saturated fat. Many canola cropsare considered GMO, or genetically modified organisms.Canola actually stands for "Canada-oil-low-acid." It's made into oil by crushingrapeseeds, tiny clusters of pods on (the unfortunately named) rape plants thatare native to Canada. However, canola oil couldn't always be consumed in ourfoods. Before the 1960s, rapeseed oil was used mainly as machine lubricant. Itwas so high in erucic acid that it wasn't healthy to eat, and in fact gave somelab rats heart damage. Canadian scientists got to work crossbreeding different kinds of rapeseed untilthey grew one with very low levels of erucic acid. Now, canola oil is a cookingoil with one of the lowest levels of saturated fat. It's used widely inrestaurant kitchens across the world, and common in processed foods. It's also anewfound staple export of Canada: it contributes 26.7 billion dollars to theCanadian economy every year. The country is the largest exporter of canola oilin the world.Fun fact!Canola plants are great for bees! The canola flower produces high amounts ofnectar with a good sugar profile for the bees' honey production. Additionally,the flower produces large amounts of pollen high in nutritional value. Yum!