The Food and Agriculture Organization index was broadly unchanged on February’s level but remains up 6.9% on year.

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I think we need to toss the oil that is stored in the cupboard,” I said to my intern. She agreed to do the “sniff test” on ...

Global food commodity prices edged up in March, with a sharp rise in vegetable oils offsetting declines in cereals and sugar, ...

Vegetable and seed oils that had largely been used for industrial purposes — such as soaps, machinery fuel and candles — started to be widely promoted as heart-healthy alternatives to animal fats. And ...

The battle over the health merits of various cooking fats has never really gotten below a simmer — but it’s starting to heat up again. Beef tallow and other animal fats, including pig lard and ...