non hydrogenated palm oil refined in togo

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Can palm oil be substituted for partially hydrogenated oil?
  • "Optimally, the substitution [for partially hydrogenated oils] wouldn't be palm oil. "It would be a vegetable oil" such as canola or soybean oil, says Alice Lichtenstein, professor of nutrition at Tufts University. These oils contain more unsaturated fat. So how much palm oil is in our food supply?
  • Should a food be labeled “non-hydrogenated” and “palm oil free”?
  • If a food should be labeled as “non?hydrogenated” and “palm oil free”, fat blends based on exotic fats, might therefore be a better solution. “Exotic fats” are typically fats such as shea, sal, illipé, kokum and mango kernel, in addition there are many other “exotic fats”, but these are not available in significant volumes.
  • Is palm oil a trans fat?
  • Most trans fat is artificially created through hydrogenation. Partially hydrogenated oil, used in many processed baked goods and snacks and for frying foods, is a major source of trans fat. Food manufacturers and restaurants have needed to find alternatives. One of them is palm oil. It's less saturated than butter and contains no trans fat.
  • Are there alternatives to palm oil?
  • Since several years there has been a demand for food products free of palm oil, noticeable in the Western European market. Alternatives based on liquid oils, fully hydrogenated fats, and exotic fats like shea and sal etc., have been developed by the research groups of several specialty oils and fats suppliers.