[mirado]

Because of the political correct folks, Rapeseed is now called Canola.

[NVDave]

That wasn’t political correctness, that was marketing on the part of Canadian farmers.

Rapeseed oil was known all the way back into the 50’s to have questionable properties as a fry oil, in particular high erucic fatty acid content.

So Canadian farm groups started breeding a brassica family oilseed that had better nutritional qualities than classic rapes.

And the result is called “Canola.” While is is true that Canola is a particular variety of rape, it isn’t true that any rapeseed oil can be called “canola oil.”

[Dr.Deth]

"Because of the political correct folks, Rapeseed is now called Canola."

A pity. "Less oil, more rape" is quite the catchy eco-bumpersticker.