At the 2016 International Rice Oil Congress, Arowana Rice Oil won the "International Rice Oil Quality Award", the highest quality award in the field of edible oils. This is not surprising, Arowana's R&D strength is an industry-leading fact is a recognized fact, and the group resources behind it are also beyond the reach of many similar brands, China's No. 1 edible oil brand Arowana is almost universally known, but its parent company Yihai Kerry is not very well known to the public.
 
Yihai Kerry is a wholly-owned enterprise invested by Singapore's Wilmar Group in China, which is not only the largest grain and oil processing group in China, but also one of the world's four largest agricultural product manufacturers. In the domestic small-package edible oil market, Yihai Kerry has a market share of more than 50%, which can be described as the leader. At the same time, Arowana is also an important strategic brand of Yihai Kerry, and with the performance of Arowana in the Chinese market, Wilmar Group jumped to the 223rd place in the Fortune Global 500 in 2012.
 
By 2018, Arowana has been ranked first in the "China Brand Power Index of the Edible Oil Industry" for 8 consecutive years, thanks to its comprehensive layout of all categories. Whether it is China's three major affordable oils, the blended oil that catches up with the spring breeze of reform, the olive oil, sunflower oil, high-end tea seed oil, flaxseed oil, or the previously unknown rice oil, all of them have been incorporated into their own business territory by Arowana.
 
Arowana's product development is not only comprehensive, but also pays great attention to the concept of dietary health, and in recent years, most of the innovations have focused on improving the retention of micronutrients in raw materials, such as the award-winning Guvido Rice Oil. Rice oil is a vegetable oil with a relatively balanced ratio of fatty acids, which is similar to peanut oil and has a lighter odor. The rice oil of Arowana highly retains the sterols and oryzanol in rice, which are beneficial to cardiovascular health, and the content of these two substances in the oil reaches 10 grams per kilogram, and 4L is about 70 yuan.
 
Similar to rice oil are sunflower oil and pure corn oil. Sunshine sunflower oil is rich in vitamin E, and after the processing technology is improved, the retention rate of vitamin E is greatly improved, which exceeds that of ordinary sunflower oil. This oil has won the European Healthy Edible Oil Award, 5L is about 65 yuan, its raw materials are produced in Europe and freshly pressed in the European factory, which reduces the pollution in the storage and transportation of raw materials. Pure corn oil is relatively rich in vitamin E and phytosterols, which is of high quality and low price, 4L is about 45 yuan, and is more popular with people with light taste.
 
A single oil product is favored by the grand prize, but Arowana has been controversial in the three points of soybean raw material leaching, the "1:1:1 golden ratio" and genetically modified organisms. The former is actually not to care, the leaching process is very mature, some oilseeds with less oil content such as soybeans, can generally only be obtained by leaching method, and other brands are no exception, except for the loss of fragrance, there is no difference in nutrients.
 
As for the previously controversial Golden Ratio Blended Oil, its 1:1:1 advertisement is only a slogan and does not represent any substance. This blended oil states that "the ratio of saturated fat: monounsaturated fat: polyunsaturated fat of this product ranges from (0.2-0.3):(0.6-1):1", and the rest of the oils except soybean oil and rapeseed oil contain very little content and do not have unique nutritional value, because the oil is tasteless because it is prepared by leaching process. However, this blended oil is more cost-effective, with a GMO 5L of about 60 yuan and a non-GMO 5L of about 70 yuan.
 
In 2010, the genetically modified raw material used in Arowana cooking oil was said to be harmful to human health, and after investigation, it was found to be a rumor spread by peers, and the rumor-monger has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined. In fact, there is not enough evidence that GM technology is harmful, and GM crops are also commonly consumed in developed countries, as long as they are legally produced, GM crops are no less safe than traditional crops.
 
Arowana other blended oils are inferior to golden blended oils in terms of fatty acid ratio, and can be selected according to taste preferences when purchasing. The cheaper sunflower seed flavor blend oil has a mild taste, while the peanut aroma flavor blend oil has a slight aroma. Edible blended oil with 10% extra virgin olive oil is a mixture of 90% sunflower oil and 10% olive oil, which has a fragrant taste, but the cost performance is not high, 4L is about 90 yuan.
 
Regarding flavored edible oil, Arowana is also remarkable. Among the special fragrant peanut oil, pure coriander oil and small pressed rapeseed oil in Grandma Township, the flavor of small pressed rapeseed oil in Grandma Township is the most authentic and thick, and the special fragrant peanut oil and pure coriander rapeseed oil are better in the same kind of edible oil, but the aroma is not prominent. Therefore, the price of small pressed rapeseed oil in Grandma's Township is also higher, about 90 yuan for 5L, which is almost the highest among rapeseed oils. The pricing of peanut oil and pure coriander oil is the middle to upper level of similar oils, the former is about 100 yuan for 5L and about 60 yuan for 5L of the latter.
 
Arowana is a very comprehensive edible oil brand with a complete range of products, in addition to the above commonly used oils, there are also some high-quality niche oils. For example, in recent years, the high-end edible oil in the new upstart camellia seed oil, this oil is cold-pressed oil, retains most of the original aroma and nutrients of the plant, the composition and proportion of fatty acids are quite similar to olive oil, monounsaturated fatty acids up to 79%, and the smoke point is high and can be used for hot frying, 5L is about 45 yuan.
 
The most recommended is K brand flaxseed oil, flaxseed oil is one of the very few vegetable oils containing a high proportion of omega-3 fatty acids, K brand flaxseed oil in α-linolenic acid (omega-3 fatty acids) accounts for 52%-62%, omega-6/ω-3 fatty acid ratio is about 1:3, can be used with other edible oils to adjust the intake of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, and α-linolenic acid can synthesize DHA in the body, DHA itself is also an omega-3. However, flaxseed oil is not suitable for stir-frying at high temperatures, and it is recommended to eat it with salads. This flaxseed oil is cold-pressed, the raw material is produced in Kazakhstan, and 750ml is about 78 yuan.