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Oils and Fats News December 2013

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USFDA bans trans fats The FDA in the US has announced that it intends to ban artificial trans-fatty acids from the nation’s food supply because the substances increase the risk of heart disease. They quoted their medical experts saying “there is no safe level of consumption of artificial trans fat.” The AOCS, the American Oil Chemists Society known as “Your Global Oil and Fats Connection“ has worked for years to finesse and finalise the Official methods of analysis for these materials in food. The AOCS are…

Oils and Fats News August 2012

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Group news At the recent merry AGM, the chairman, secretary and treasurer were re-elected along with the current committee for another year. Mr.Bernie Radford was appointed as the group’s auditor. Plans for the Oils and Fats Technology Update and Teach-In at Massey University, Albany Campus have now been finalised for August 29th. The registration forms can be found on the website. www.oilsfats.org.nz Fish Oil Takes Down Lipids in Diabetics Diabetics with mixed dyslipidemia who were on statins and treated with a novel omega-3 fatty acid…

Oils & Fats News May 2008

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Olive Oil Processing Course This processing course was run again at the Simunovich Olive oil estate in April 2008. 32 people attended the two day course on site at the modern and high-tech premises of Simunovich Olive estate. Attendees enjoyed an excellent overview by Leandro Ravetti from Modern Olives in Australia. Shane Hopgood gave a very practical approach to implementing a Food Safety programme involving a comprehensive approach to hazard identification. Margaret Edwards gave her now polished presentation on tasting and sensory critique of oils.…

Oils and Fats News March 2008

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Conference News Plans are proceeding well for the two day Functional Foods and Edible Oils – The Future conference in November. Eighteen of the twenty two speakers are now virtually confirmed and we will be putting the programme and brochure on the website in about a month. Note that sales of the book “Handbook of Australasian Edible Oils” are continuing but take-up is a little slow and we encourage people to visit the website and take advantage of the offer. www.foodworks.co.nz/oilsfats/ Italian police crack down…

Oils and Fats News December 2007

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Functional Foods/Lipids Seminar 2008 Planning is commencing for this two day seminar to be held at the Heritage Hotel in Auckland on November 12th and 13th, 2008. A joint initiative of the Oils and Fats specialist group, The University of Auckland and the Australasian branch of the AOCS, it is expected to be strongly supported by the CRI’s and to attract premium speakers from Australasia and afar. For registering interest and seeing the news up to date see the website at; www.foodworks.co.nz/oilsfats/ Trans Fats…

Oils & Fats News June 2007

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Omega-3 Supplements There has been a recent market survey of the quality and composition of 29 of the Omega-3 supplements on the New Zealand market carried out by Consumer magazine. They tested the quality of 29 fish oil and fish oil combination supplements from supermarkets, pharmacies and health food stores. They also checked whether the levels of omega-3 in the capsules stacked up to what was claimed on the label. Four products were oxidised above acceptable levels and three of these products were well within…

Oils & Fats News April 2007

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Enjoyable Antioxidants Matt Greenwood of Bell Tea gave a most informative and entertaining talk in Auckland entitled “everything you ever wanted to know about tea”, and it was enough to attract over 40 keen people to an evening seminar at Auckland University. Despite coffee’s ever growing popularity, tea (both black and green) is enjoying a renaissance. More and more health and wellness papers are being published on the benefits of tea consumption. Interesterified Fat Spreads An ever increasing majority of soft retail table spreads in…

Oils & Fats News January/Feb 2007

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Trans and Saturated fats in Heart Disease FDA has Authorized a Health Claim for Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, and Trans Fat, and Reduced Risk of Heart Disease – On November 17, the Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements of the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition posted on its www site a document, titled “Health Claim Notification for Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, and Trans Fat, and Reduced Risk of Heart Disease. The following statements are considered authoritative for purposes of this notification ……

Oils & Fats News August 2006

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Trans Fats After over 20 years of controversy, trans fats in food are now being either labelled (USA), banned (Denmark) or evaluated as to their current level of concentration in food and subsequent risk. An in-depth explanation of their structure, their derivation and their effect on cardiovascular health is fairly complicated but in simple terms the following may suffice: Spreads, margarines, biscuits, cake and pastry shortenings rely on a certain significant proportion of solid fats in their composition. The original solid fats were butter and…

Oils & Fats News January 2006

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Correspondence on Rice Bran Oil We received interested feedback from Dr Peter Barnes, editor of Lipid Technology, who wrote “The table in the article quotes about 10mg/100g for alpha tocophero in the samples of rice bran oil on the NZ supermarket shelvesl. In an early issue of Lipid Technology (July 1990, Vol 2, No 3, Pages 72-76) Bob Sayers and Robin Saunders quoted 0.02% total tocopherols for refined rice bran oil (20mg/100g). On the other hand, cereal bran is usually rich in tocotrienols rather than…

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