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Interesterification a New Processing Omega 3 and Omega 6 Oils
Written by admin on June 5, 2008 – 12:46 pm -This is a great article on a new food processing method courtesy of Frank Cooper, a Naturopathic Nutritionist based in Australia. http://www.frankcooper.com.au
Due to the terrible health problems associated with trans fats, the food industry has been busily perfecting another ‘man-made’ replacement to ensure that company sales and profits are kept at a high level. The new solution is a process called interesterification, a technique for making butter-like products from liquid vegetable oils. Interesterification can be used to make margarines, shortenings, baked goods, and confectionary that requires the texture, mouth feel, and smoothness similar to saturated fats.
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