Our top eight flavoured oils

SUMMER is the perfect time to have a large selection of oils to dip into with raw vegetables or to add to hot dishes. A hint of flavour is often just what we need to lift a meal.

It is good to see glass bottles being used as plastic containers can leech chemicals into olive oil. This applies to unflavoured olive oils too, so if you have to buy oil in plastic bottles, decant it into a sealable container as soon as you buy it. Store oils in a cupboard to avoid light exposure.

This week, I looked at rapeseed and olive oils and one sunflower with various flavours. Made in Ireland, rapeseed oil is fashionable and all research seems to point towards plenty of health benefits, including having about half the level of saturated fat of olive oil.