Cooking oils: prices compared across apps

The 3 widest gaps between apps

Healthy Heart Sunflower Oil (Vanta Nune) was ₹178 on Blinkit (seen 11 Nov) and ₹926 on Zepto (seen 11 Nov), a gap of ₹748.

del monte extra virgin olive oil was ₹680 on Flipkart (seen 10 Nov) and ₹1,004 on Blinkit (seen 29 Oct), a gap of ₹324.

KLF Nirmal Cold Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil was ₹270 on Flipkart (seen 5 Nov) and ₹515 on Blinkit (seen 11 Nov), a gap of ₹245.

Across the 11 products priced differently, the lowest listed price was on Zepto 5 times, Flipkart 4 times and Blinkit 2 times. A tie counts for each app.

3 had the same listed price on every app they were on, among them be rite refined sunflower oil (₹370 on Blinkit and Zepto) and Fiona Refined Sunflower Oil (Vanta Nune) (₹168 on Blinkit and Zepto).

MRPs and ratings

For 9 products the apps printed different MRPs. The widest MRP gap is for del monte extra virgin olive oil: an MRP of ₹1,499 on Flipkart and ₹2,399 on Blinkit, so a discount worked out from MRP is not the same on both.

The product with the most ratings is freedom refined sunflower oil: 4.7 from 15,683 ratings on Blinkit.

Every product on two or more apps

Brands among these products

The apps named a brand for 14 of the 14 products. Be Rite has 2 and Fortune has 2.

Where the listings came from

Flipkart 520, Zepto 263 and Blinkit 203 listings, 1,072 products in all. Most products were seen on one app only, so they are not in the table above.

How this is worked out

Each app’s line is its lowest listed price for the product in the 14 days, dated, not a promise of what you will pay. Listings join only on matching brand and model words. The full method is on the food and grocery page, with the basmati rice and noodles comparisons. A brand or app that believes a figure is wrong can write to us.