Corteva Agriscience marks March 6, promotes Omega-9 Canola Oil
March 7, 2019
Omega-9 is high in monounsaturated fats and low in saturated fats. Omega-9 oils, like high oleic canola and soybean oils, should be an important part of a healthy diet.
New technologies on fat- and oil-based ingredients, plus technical tips on reducing fats were offered at one Prepared Foods’ R&D Applications Seminar.
February 14, 2013
Dietary advice on fats has gone from reducing all fat to consuming the “good” and avoiding the “bad” fat. Asim Syed, director, Global R&D, Healthy Oils Applications at Dow AgroSciences, explained this and more in his Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar presentation titled “Fats and Oils: Developing Today for a Healthier Tomorrow.”
There is growing awareness among all stakeholders involved in the food industry of the role that nutrition and lifestyle play in the onset of heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and obesity.
Although close to two decades of clinical studies have identified negative impacts of saturated (SFA) and trans fats on cardiovascular disease (CVD), no single oil free of these “bad” fats has been available to food manufacturers.