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by thih9 2121 days ago
> canola oil, which is the "rebranding" it received for precisely the same reason

Do you have a source? Wikipedia lists a different reason, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil:

> The change in name serves to distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid content.