Pure Wesson Cooking Oils have been at The Heart and Soul of Good Food for 100 years. Pure Wesson Cooking Oil provides fried foods with a crispy, golden outside and a juicy inside, while allowing the cook's own seasoning to shine through. Great chefs agree and recognized Wesson with the American Tasting Institute's Gold Medal Taste Award in 2001. The Wesson family of oils has grown to include:
- Canola Oil—an oil naturally low in saturated fat
- Corn Oil—for those who like the great taste of corn
- Best Blend—a great oil for frying with the added benefits from canola oil
- Vegetable Oil—a soy-based product
All Wesson oils are highly purified and contain zero grams of trans fatty acids per serving. The Pure Wesson family of oils not only is terrific for frying foods, but also is excellent in any recipe that calls for a vegetable oil, including salad dressings, cakes, and cookies. And, of course, all products are naturally cholesterol-free.
In 1899, food chemist David Wesson developed a new process for deodorizing cottonseed oil through a high-temperature vacuum process. This new product originally was marketed as
Snowdrift by the Southern Oil Co., but later was named for its developer. In the 1920s, the vegetable oil division was spun off as the Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Company.
