Category oils and fats

Babasso oil is a light yellow tropical oil. It is obtained by pressing and / or by extraction with solvents from the seeds of the babassu palm ( Attalea speciosa Mart., Also called Orbignya Oleifera ), a native of Amazonia. The oil content of the almond (seed enclosed in the fleshy fruit) varies from 63 to 70%

Many processed foods, ie those processed on an industrial level (pre-cooked, kneaded, etc.) contain palm oil or other ingredients derived from them. Red Oil of Palma Since the mid-1990s, cold pressing has also begun for palm oil, which in this unprocessed form is red. It is used as a cooking oil in cooking, raw and above all mixed with mayonnaise for salad dressing

World Trade in Palm Oil According to the specialized magazine "World Oil" (based in Hamburg), in 2008 the world production of oils and fats amounted to 160, 000, 000 tons. Palm oil and palm kernel oil have made up the majority, or 48, 000, 000 tons, about 30% of total production. Soybean oil took second place with 37, 000, 000 tons (or 23%)

As of 2012, the annual turnover of Indonesia and Malaysia (the two most important producers in the world), was 40, 000, 000, 000 dollars. Between 1962 and 1982 the relative exports increased from half a million to 2, 400, 000 tons a year and, in 2008, the global production of palm oil and palm kernel oil reached 48, 000, 000 tons

The palm oil industry has had both positive and negative effects on workers belonging to indigenous communities. Palm oil production offers a job opportunity and has been shown to reduce poverty, improve infrastructure and social services. However, in some cases, oil palm plantations have been developed without the consultation of the occupying tribal peoples, which has generated quite a few conflicts of a social nature

It is possible that the human use of oil palms dates back 5, 000 years. At the end of 1800, in the tomb of Abydos (from 3000 BC), archaeologists already discovered some traces of this food. It is believed that the Egyptian importation of palm oil was attributable to the Arab commercial network. In Central and Western Africa, palm oil (from the Elaeis guineensis plant) has always been used substantially as a condiment

Palm oil, also known as " dendê oil" (from Portuguese), is an edible vegetable oil. Palm oil is obtained through the mechanical pressing of the mesocarp (pulp) of the fruit of the so-called "oil palms". Obviously, this last term is quite generic and, in particular, the Species used are the "African Oil Palm" (Genus Elaeis , Specie guineensis ), the "American Oil Palm" (Genus Elaeis , Specie Oleifera ) and the " Palma Maripa ”(Genus Attalea , Species maripa ). I

Linseed oil, as well as some similar products, are important raw materials in various industrial applications, such as the production of paints and / or special coatings / treatments. Linseed oil is rich in triglycerides having di- and tri-unsaturated fatty acids, which tend to solidify in the presence of oxygen

What is that Pumpkin seed oil is obtained by cold pressing of the seeds of the homonymous plant ( Cucurbita pepo L.). Traditional culinary specialty of some Austrian, Croatian and Hungarian regions, to the point of being protected by the European Union through the IGP mark ( Protected Geographical Indication ), pumpkin seed oil is gathering a renewed interest also in phytotherapy and nutritional field

See also: peanut butter cake Peanut butter is a food preparation based on ground peanut seeds. It is a creamy product, rich in fats and particularly widespread in the United States, where annual per capita consumption is nearly one and a half kilograms. In Italy, on the other hand, despite the slow decline of Mediterranean cuisine, sales of peanut butter are struggling to take off