Which cooking oil is the best?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Which cooking oil do you tend to use in the kitchen? Are some really more healthy than others, or is it just a way for companies to make you buy more expensive products? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.

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0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:07.6	Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
0:12.1	I'm Georgie.
0:12.8	And I'm Neil.
0:14.1	Georgie, today we're talking about cooking oils
0:16.7	and which products are best for our health.
0:19.7	What do you use to cook with?
0:21.7	Olive oil, butter, maybe avocado oil.
0:25.1	When I want my food to be rich and creamy, I use butter,
0:29.3	but usually for everyday meals I just use olive oil.
0:32.4	What about you?
0:33.1	Yes, it varies.
0:35.2	But I guess for East Asian food, I might sometimes use sesame oil.
0:40.2	Now, there are so many different oils we can use for our food, and some of them are very expensive and claim to have big health benefits.
0:48.4	Today we'll be finding out whether these products are worth the money and can really help us eat more healthily.
0:54.8	Yes, and don't forget to go to our website for a transcript of this programme to read along
0:59.8	and a worksheet to test what you've learnt. Visit BBC learningenglish.com.
1:05.5	Okay, Georgie, let's start with a question. In the UK, a popular oil to cook with is olive oil. But which country
1:13.2	produces the most olive oil? Is it A, Italy, B, Greece or C, Spain?
1:19.6	Ooh, that's difficult. I know that Spain produces a lot, but I think I'm going to go with
1:25.1	Italy.
1:25.6	Okay, well, we'll find out if that's the right answer at the end of the program.
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