Contents:
- Medical Video: Kitchen Tips: How to Store Oils
- Why should cooking oil be stored properly?
- So, how do you store the right cooking oil?
- 1. Store in a glass bottle
- 2. Don't put it near the stove
- 3. Keep away from direct sunlight
- Can I store cooking oil in the refrigerator?
Medical Video: Kitchen Tips: How to Store Oils
Commercial cooking oil available in various packages. Some are put in plastic, bottles, jerry cans, or other packaging. You may choose whatever cooking oil packaging you like. But be careful, if you don't keep it carefully, the quality of the oil can quickly decrease and cause a rancid odor. So, how do you store the right cooking oil? Here's the explanation.
Why should cooking oil be stored properly?
When buying cooking oil, you will certainly choose the type of cooking oil that has the best quality so that the nutritional content is also high. Unfortunately, no matter how good the quality of the oil you buy can be lost if it's not stored properly.
Every oil contains saturated fat and polyunsaturated fats. Reported from Live Science, these two fats can turn into a rancid odor if contaminated by five things, namely light, heat, water, air, and certain microbes.
If the oil is not stored properly, for example, it is left open, the fat in the oil will bind to oxygen and form an acid aldehyde, ketone or carboxylic compound. These compounds cause rancid oil.
Heat can also make the oil break down quickly. Hot temperatures can make chemicals in cooking oil collide with each other and break down. The more substances in oil that are damaged, the rancid smell will be more pronounced.
So, how do you store the right cooking oil?
Basically, almost all types of cooking oil can last up to two years if stored properly. In order for your cooking oil to last longer and last longer, follow the tips below.
1. Store in a glass bottle
Most housewives often store cooking oil in plastic bottles rather than glass bottles. Apart from being more practical, the oil packaged in plastic bottles is also easier to find on the market. Are you one of them?
If so, you should immediately move your cooking oil into a glass bottle. Because the quality of cooking oil stored in plastic packaging will decrease faster, compared to oil stored in glass bottles.
Plastic material expands faster and dissolves into oil. What's more, the amount of peroxide (the benchmark value of damage to oil) will rise rapidly. The higher the peroxid number, the faster the smell of rancidity in oil also arises.
If you buy cooking oil in a large package, pour it into smaller glass bottles to make it more practical. In addition to extending the overall shelf life of the oil, this method also prevents the entry of microbes or oxygen into the oil due to the frequency of bottle-opening.
2. Don't put it near the stove
Most housewives are used to storing oil near the stove so it is easier when they want to pour it into the pan. If you also do this habit, you should change it from now on.
Cooking oil placed near the stove will be more easily exposed to the heat from the stove. This will make oil more volatile and reduce the quality of cooking oil.
As a solution, keep your cooking oil on a closed shelf or kitchen cabinet. Make sure the room temperature remains stable so that the quality of cooking oil is maintained properly.
3. Keep away from direct sunlight
Cooking oil should not be stored in a place that is exposed to direct sunlight. This is because hot temperatures can shed the antioxidant content of oil and accelerate putrefaction.
This condition can be aggravated if you use plastic packaging when storing oil. The faster the cooking oil expands, the faster the content is damaged and rancid.
Can I store cooking oil in the refrigerator?
Storing cooking oil in the refrigerator can keep the oil fresh and maintain its quality. Its shelf life tends to be longer, because the oil will change to become denser because it is exposed to cold temperatures.
Actually, this is just fine. It's just that, cooking oil will be more difficult to use because it must be thawed before use. As a result, your time becomes a little consumed to prepare cooking oil before starting cooking.
Even so, changes in cooking oil from liquid to solid or vice versa will not make the quality of the oil drop. So, please, if you want to keep cooking oil in the refrigerator to last longer and last longer.
