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MPOC
Official Reports #1 - AHA Recommendations and USFDA
Legislated Health Claims Achieved By Partnering Palm and
Soybean Oils |
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Nature has been generous in
endowing palm oil with a composition that is uniquely
balanced between the saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
Even when programming this higher level of saturates in the
oil, nature’s consideration for optimization was already
apparent – the biology of the oil palm dictates that this
saturate be in the form of palmitic acid (C16:0) ...
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Dr Kalyana Sundram, Dr Yusof
Basiron, MPOC
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MPOC
Official Reports #2 - Choice of Natural Or Modified Fats For
Solid Fat Formulations: The Current Health Dilemma |
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Globally, current dietary
recommendations are geared towards assisting consumers
choose low fat, low-saturated fat diets that are thought to
be beneficial for cardiovascular health. Recommendations
have traditionally focused on fat quantity and composition
as a means of lowering total cholesterol (TC) and
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which are
independent risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD)
[1]. To achieve these end-points dietary modulations ...
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Dr Kalyana Sundram, Dr Yusof
Basiron, MPOC
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MPOC
Official Reports #4 - The Trans-Fat Dilemma : Health VS
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Trans fatty acids (TFA) are
produced when oils and fats containing unsaturated fatty
acids are hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst.
Hydrogenation primarily increases the melting range of the
unsaturated fats and thereby enables their incorporation
into many solid fat formulations. When an unsaturated fat or
oil is fully hydrogenated, all the unsaturated fatty acids
are converted into their saturated analogues. Since
unsaturation in most vegetable oils is largely 18-carbon
fatty acids, namely oleic (18:1 n-9), linoleic (18:2 n-6)
and linolenic (18:3 n-3), full hydrogenation of such oils
would result in a steraic acid (18:0), high melting block of
fat. Partial hydrogenation, in the presence of catalysts
results in the formation of TFA. These are the geometrical
isomers of unsaturated fatty acids containing ...
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Dr Kalyana Sundram, Dr Yusof
Basiron, MPOC
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