YesIs canola the same as rape seed?
It markets better, because it is better."Canola" markets better than "rape seed" -- thus the renaming (or so I read somewhere).
Canola was bred naturally from rapeseed at the University of Manitoba, Canada, by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stefansson in the early 1970s and had a different nutritional profile, in addition to much less erucic acid.
CANada Oil Low Acid- Rapeseed oil with less than 2% erucic acidcanola stands for Canadian Low Acid Oil
They sure messed that one up, didn't they?canola stands for Canadian Low Acid Oil
Canola isn't terribly desirable honey crop for beekeepers, can be problematic due to fast crystallization in the comb.