Cooking Ingredients

Cooking ingredients are where seed oils most commonly enter the diet without being noticed. Pesto, tomato puree and convenience ingredients frequently use sunflower or rapeseed oil as a base fat. Not because it improves the product, but because it is cheaper than olive oil or butter. The cooking fat category follows the same pattern. Vegetable and sunflower oils dominate the shelf space despite being among the most heavily processed fats available.

Convenience cooking ingredients carry a separate set of concerns. Preservatives maintain shelf life. Citric acid regulates acidity. Flavour enhancers compensate for ingredients used in smaller quantities than the product name implies. These additions are standard across the category and rarely prominent on the front of pack.

Every product here has been vetted by founder Harry against the same criteria applied across the rest of the Floruna Life shop: no seed oils, no unnecessary additives, and no ultra-processed ingredients.