Cooking oil (1 litre)
Vegetable oil: canola, sunflower or soybean · Groceries
In the US
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No price for the US
Cheapest in Thailand at USD1.68. Priciest in Singapore at USD3.56, 2.1 times as much.
Bold figures are converted to USD.
| Country | Local price | In USD | vs the US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | THB56 | 1.68 | — | |
| Australia | AUD2.75 | 1.90 | — | |
| United Kingdom | GBP1.45 | 1.95 | — | |
| Spain | EUR1.85 | 2.08 | — | |
| Italy | EUR1.89 | 2.12 | — | |
| Vietnam | VND61,200 | 2.39 | — | |
| Canada | CAD3.47 | 2.46 | — | |
| Japan | JPY443 | 2.80 | — | |
| Hong Kong | HKD25 | 3.19 | — | |
| Singapore | SGD4.55 | 3.56 | — | |
| No data | United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Philippines, UAE | |||
Sources and dates
| Country | Source | As of | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 東京都「東京の物価」 (小売物価統計調査 東京都区部) | Sep 2026 | Statistic or regulated | Survey unit is weight (900 g bottle). Converted to 1 L assuming density 0.91 kg/L (assumption). Oil type per survey (canola-type). |
| United States | No data | — | — | BLS has no cooking-oil average-price series |
| Canada | Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0245-01 (Ontario) | Sep 2026 | Statistic or regulated | Canola oil, 3 L, Ontario average. Basic groceries are zero-rated (no GST/HST). |
| United Kingdom | ALDI UK (aldi.co.uk) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Sunflower oil 1 L (SOLESTA 'Vegetable Oil' 1 L same price). Food zero-rated for VAT; national online price, not London-specific. |
| France | No data | — | — | No matching item in INSEE average retail price series |
| Germany | No data | — | — | Only a cold-pressed premium oil was listed |
| Italy | Conad (spesaonline.conad.it) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Sunflower oil 1 L, Conad own brand. Incl. IVA. Store/region of the online price not shown (not necessarily Rome). |
| Spain | Mercadona (tienda.mercadona.es API, almacén mad1 Madrid) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Refined sunflower oil 1 L, store brand. IVA included. |
| Switzerland | No data | — | — | ALDI SUISSE pages show price but no pack size (cannot normalise); no fresh produce listed online |
| Australia | ALDI Australia (aldi.com.au) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Canola oil 2 L (sunflower oil 1 L is $4.99). Basic food is GST-free; national online price. |
| New Zealand | No data | — | — | Cooking oil not in Stats NZ table |
| South Korea | No data | — | — | Not in KAMIS; price.go.kr search returned no rows |
| Taiwan | No data | — | — | No readable Taipei retail price source found (MOA data is wholesale/annual) |
| China | No data | — | — | No readable 2026 Shanghai retail table (NBS releases cover producer goods only) |
| Hong Kong | Consumer Council Online Price Watch (open data CSV) — WELLCOME | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Canola oil, Wellcome-house brand. No sales tax in HK. |
| Singapore | NTUC FairPrice (fairprice.com.sg product API) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Canola oil 1 L, FairPrice house brand. Incl. GST. |
| Thailand | Lotus's | Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Scaled to 1 litre from a 5-litre bottle |
| Vietnam | WinMart (winmart.vn API, store 1545 WM VCC HCM Đồng Khởi) | 10 Nov 2026 | Shelf price | Meizan soybean oil 1 L, regular price (on sale 54,900). Incl. VAT. |
| Philippines | No data | — | — | DA price-monitoring page redirects to 127.0.0.1; not retrievable |
| UAE | No data | — | — | Carrefour UAE timed out / returned empty page |