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Palm oil – a sustainable product?

26 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food

What does 'sustainable palm oil' entail and is producing this oil in a sustainable manner even possible? The IIASA say it is...

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Functional lipids in beverage products

30 June 2016 | By Guillermo E. Napolitano, PhD, Expert Scientist, Nestlé Development Center

The last decade has witnessed an extraordinary surge in the development of beverage products containing healthier oils and nutritionally active lipid ingredients. There has been a significant shift from the use of relatively unhealthy, but chemically stable, fats rich in saturated and trans fatty acids (TFA), to healthy and chemically…

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Non-destructive monitoring the effects of light exposure on quality deterioration of extra virgin olive oils with fluorescence spectroscopy

20 June 2016 | By Puneet Mishra, Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology (CPACT), University of Strathclyde / Lourdes Lleó García, Assistant Professor & Natalia Hernández-Sánchez, Assistant Professor & Margarita Ruiz-Altisent, Professor, all Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) / Teresa R. Cuadrado Domínguez, PhD student, Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria UASLP

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO), being an important source of antioxidants and healthy fats, is an economically important product of Mediterranean countries. Since EVOOs can only be produced during a limited period of time annually, in order to maintain its commercial availability throughout the year packaging materials such as glass,…

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Using limonene to enhance low-fat chocolate

3 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

Researchers at KU Leuven have shed light on how adding limonene could improve the texture in lower-fat versions of chocolate and its ability to melt...