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Oils and Fats News October 2012

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Technology Update at Massey This event was well received by the attendees and the people who connected via video link. The IT was all organised by Massey University who did a great job. The invited speakers produced vital and updated information on uses, specialty fats, emulsifiers and antioxidants. The presentations in pdf form and videos can be found on oils and fats website in the members section. 1.       For both videos and PowerPoint’s, via the Oils and Fats Group website, if you are a member then…

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Oils and Fats News September 2009

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New Treasurer The group has a new treasurer following the resignation of Shane Lal. She is Dr. Sally Xiong, a postdoctoral research fellow at Auckland University. Sally’s research interests lie in natural products structure and biochemical efficacy in humans. Palm Oil Issues Both the Auckland Zoo and an Australian Zoo took steps in recent months to ban products with palm oil which included Cadbury’s chocolate containing vegetable fat (presumed to be palm oil). However on the 17th August 2009 it was reported that Cadbury had…

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Oils & Fats News – March 2006

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Book Review “The use of Palm Oil in Frying”. By Kurt Berger. Publisher, the Malaysian Palm Oil Production Council .ISBN  983-9191-02-0 This reviewer owes his almost lifetime interest (one may call it obsession) in oils and fats to Kurt Berger. Kurt was many years ago the Chief Chemist of Lyons UK . This was a company involved in corner cafes, ice cream, cakes pastry and many other food businesses. On a first business trip to the UK in 1976 the reviewer was hosted to a…

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