While we love avocado oil and olive oil, these oils affect the shelf life of our products and turn rancid pretty quickly!There are different types of sunflower oils. We use high oleic sunflower oil  for its stability and because it is considered the most healthy. It is made up primarily of monosaturated fats (even higher monosaturated levels than olive oil) and has zero trans fats. This is different than sunflower oils that are not high oleic and contain more polyunsaturated fats (e.g., Linoleic.) Some research suggests that a diet rich in monosaturated fatty acids, like oleic, may help reduce high cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease! Importantly, we never heat/cook the high oleic sunflower oil that we use in our snacks. We apply it topically after the puffs have been cooked, simply as a coat to help adhere the seasoning and/or vegetable powders we use to flavor our products. This is why stability in the oil is extremely important for our products.