International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM back issues from January 2007:
Calendar
Jan 01, 2007; ... February February 25-March 2 * PITTCON Conference & Expo 2007, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Information: Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235-5503 USA (phone: ...
Looking to the past
Jan 01, 2007; ... We are again at the start of a brand new year with all exhortations and best wishes for prosperity and health ringing in our ears. The expectations are that the New Year will be one of hope and advancement, and that there will be good riddance to the Old Year with all of its perceived problems ....
Letter from the President
Jan 01, 2007; ... This has been a very busy and very productive year for AOCS from both the product development and financial standpoints. At our Governing Board Meeting on September 11, 2006, we started out by observing a moment of silence for those whose lives were lost in the terrorist attack in New York in ...
THE SEARCH FOR softer FABRIC SOFTENERS
Jan 01, 2007; ... The following discussion is based on a presentation made by the author at the 2006 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in acknowledgment of his being the recipient of the Samuel Rosen Memorial Award. The research reported was conducted during his employment at ...
Kachnar seed oil
Jan 01, 2007; ... For pharmaceuticals and edible applications, kachnar seeds may be a promising new source of oil Introduction Large quantities of oils and fats, whether for human consumption or for industrial purposes, are presently derived from plant sources. To meet the increasing demand for ...
Marine oils in infant formulae
Jan 01, 2007; ... Nutritional requirements for omega-3 fatty acids by infants The term "infant formulae" refers to foods designed to satisfy the nutritional needs of babies from birth to 4-6 months old who are not being exclusively breastfed. "Follow-on formulae" refer to foods designed for nutrition of ...
Blogging opportunities available for any age group
Jan 01, 2007; ... Many moons ago I wrote an ITS article describing a new phenomenon called, "blog," short for "web log." A blog is an online journal or diary with varying degrees of privacy. At the time, I thought that blogs would be a passing thing, a cult happening. Well, I was wrong! One type of blog ...
Business News: Briefs
Jan 01, 2007; ... India's edible oil production for 2005/06 is projected to fall short of the targeted 29.4 MMT by about 18% to 23.9 MMT, according to a release made on November 10 by the Central Organization for Oil Industry and Trade (COOIT). The projection is based on the estimated production of nine major ...
Sunflowerseed prospects look good
Jan 01, 2007; ... The global sunflowerseed harvest was reported on November 13 by the Economic Research Service branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be at an all-time high, a fact that was confirmed in the November 24 issue of Oil World (49:580, 2006). Production is forecast for 2006/07 at 30.4 million ...
Edible oils growth forecast in China
Jan 01, 2007; ... China's National Grain and Oil Information Center reported on November 6 the country's area planted to soybeans for 2005/06 at 9.1 million hectares (22.5 million acres) was down 5.1% from the previous year, resulting in an output of 15.5 MMT compared with 16.35 MMT in 2004/05. The decreases were ...
Report analyzes Brazilian oils/fats
Jan 01, 2007; ... Research and Markets, a leading market research resource based in Dublin, Ireland, announced on November 21 the addition of Ooils & Fats in Brazil to 2010 to its offerings. The databook is a detailed information resource covering all key points on oils and fats in Brazil. It includes ...
Drought problems for oil palm in Indonesia
Jan 01, 2007; ... Indonesia's race to overtake Malaysia as the world's number one producer of palm oil has encountered a setback due to drought in recent months. Malaysia, particularly in the East and West, which are the country's major oil palm growing regions, has not been similarly afflicted. A discussion of ...
Malaysian firms to form global giant
Jan 01, 2007; ... Three Malaysian government-linked palm oil companies with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur are said to be set to merge and create the world's largest palm oil business worth about MYR31.4 billion ($8.85 billion), according to a news report carried on November 27 in The Edge Singapore. The proposed ...
ADM looks to future growth
Jan 01, 2007; ... On November 2, the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) annual meeting of stockholders held at Decatur, Illinois, USA, was told by the company's CEO and President Patricia Woertz that ADM was uniquely positioned for growth. She noted that there are two major trends shaping world markets: the ...
Thai fatty alcohol ethoxylate plant set
Jan 01, 2007; ... Thai Fatty Ethoxylate Company, the initial 50:50 joint venture founded in March 2005 between Bangkok-based PTT Chemical Public Company Limited and Cognis Thailand, inaugurated on November 17 a new facility in Rayong province for the production of 50,000 metric tons (MT) of fatty alcohol ...
Soyatech broadens access to Bluebook
Jan 01, 2007; ... Soyatech LLC has announced that it has taken steps to maximize access to information on the soybean and oilseed industry by distributing its 2007 reference guide Soya & Oilseed Bluebook print edition, and providing access to Soya & Oilseed Bluebook online edition, free of charge to ...
VVF acquires KC soap plant
Jan 01, 2007; ... VVF Limited, with corporate offices in Mumbai, India, announced on November 2 its intention to acquire a soap and liquid cleaning products manufacturing facility in Kansas City (KC), Kansas, USA. The KC plant, part of Colgate-Palmolive for over 100 years, is a highly automated, state-of-the-art ...
Biofuels News: Briefs
Jan 01, 2007; ... ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) company vice president for European and Asian operations Mark Zenuk told a meeting of financial analysts in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont on November 8 that "The market growth in the biodiesel sector has been nothing short of explosive." He predicted the global ...
U.S. biofuel forecasts for 2015
Jan 01, 2007; ... Production of biofuels in the United States is forecast to exceed 16 billion gallons by 2015, according to a Research & Consultancy Outsourcing Services (RNCOS) market report published in September 2006 and titled "New Opportunities in U.S. Biofuel Market (2006)." The report is available in ...
Corn-for-ethanol causes conundrum
Jan 01, 2007; ... Corn prices reached ten-year highs at the beginning of November, prompting a market analyst to predict that prices would continue to rise due to the boom in ethanol, which may come at the expense of other industries that depend on the grain. David Nelson, an analyst with Credit Suisse, reported ...
Large-scale biofuel refinery for Canada
Jan 01, 2007; ... A C$400 million ($340 million) integrated biodiesel and ethanol refinery, the first complex of its kind in North America, will be built in the center of the Canadian province of Alberta, according to a news reported published on November 14 by the Calgary Herald. Investors in the project are led ...
USSEC reports biofuel properties
Jan 01, 2007; ... U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. (USSEC) based in Natchez, Mississippi, USA, announced on November 6 details of the properties of its unique green-patented biofuels as reported by Summit Environment Technologies, Inc.-an ISO, A2LA, and NELAC-certified environment analytical laboratory located in ...
New catalyst technology touted
Jan 01, 2007; ... New Century Lubricants located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, announced on November 7 that it had entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Punebased National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India, to demonstrate and ...
Biotechnology News: Briefs
Jan 01, 2007; ... Senesco Technologies, Inc., based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, announced on November 9 that it had granted exclusive license rights to its proprietary gene technology to Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG in Monheim, Germany. The agreement is expected to enable Bayer Crop-Science ...
Study examines food/fuel demands
Jan 01, 2007; ... A study released in November 2006 by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy based in Washington, DC, USA, concluded that biotechnology has a major role to play in meeting the respective demands being placed on corn and oilseed crops to meet the requirements of food and alternative ...
Herbicide-tolerant soybean submitted
Jan 01, 2007; ... Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., the DuPont subsidiary based at Johnston, Iowa, USA, announced on November 28 that it had completed its U.S. regulatory submission for approval of its proprietary Optimum(TM) GAT(TM) trait in soybeans. DuPont has submitted the regulatory information on the ...
WTO rules against European Union
Jan 01, 2007; ... The World Trade Organization (WTO) finally ruled on November 21 that European countries broke international trade regulations by preventing the imports of GM foods. Argentina, Canada, and the United States-which had brought the dispute to the WTO for action-said the decision proved there was no ...
GM cottonseed protein source
Jan 01, 2007; ... Researchers at Texas A&M University and at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, both at College Station, Texas, USA, have reported on targeted genetic modification in cottonseed that has resulted in the reduction of the gossypol component. The engineered cottonseed is seen to ...
Label reading 101 gets two new tools
Jan 01, 2007; ... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) recently announced the availability of two new tools to help consumers use the Nutrition Facts label to choose nutritious foods and achieve healthy weight management. The tools are ...
Cardio may trump diet in weight loss
Jan 01, 2007; ... A recent study published in an online edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology suggests that individuals in their 50s and 60s who want to lose weight should turn to a cardio workout rather than count calories. A team of Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) scientists ...
'Fat scan' pinpoints fat pockets
Jan 01, 2007; ... A recent article on BBC.com explains that Hammersmith Hospital (London, U.K.) is currently the only hospital in Europe using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan: to show where people harbor their fat The article indicates that 40% of the population has dangerous levels of fat ...
Chocoholics help explore heart health
Jan 01, 2007; ... After being disqualified from a study looking at the effects of aspirin on blood platelets, 139 people helped Diane Becker's research team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) better understand chocolate's health benefits. In the aspirin study, ...
DHA could prevent onset of dementia
Jan 01, 2007; ... An article published in the November issue of Archives of Neurology [63:1545-1550 (2006)] explains how individuals with higher levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in their blood may have a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. By using data gathered ...
Do statins reduce risk in the heart healthy?
Jan 01, 2007; ... Statins have been shown to reduce negative outcomes associated with heart disease among those who already have the disease, but what about those who have good heart health? A meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the November 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine ...
Bunge announces promotions
Jan 01, 2007; ... People News Bunge North America, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, announced on November 21 the promotion of five people as part of a company reorganization. These promotions follow the announcement made in October that the company had created three executive vice president ...
ADM appoints management
Jan 01, 2007; ... Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, USA, announced on November 30 three management appointments. Michael Baroni has been named President-Specialty Food Ingredients division. He joined ADM in 1982 and has held management positions in the Corn Processing and ...
BioScience head named
Jan 01, 2007; ... Joachim Schneider on November 1 assumed the position of Head of BioSciences at Bayer CropScience located at Monheim, Germany. At the same time he was appointed to the Executive Committee of Bayer CropScience. He started his professional career at Bayer's Crop Protection Business Group ...
Harburg-Freudenberger appoints sales head
Jan 01, 2007; ... Patrick Walczak is the new sales director at the Edible oil Technology Division of Hamburg-based machine manufacturer Harburg-Freudenberger. The 33-year-old Walczak has a degree in commerce and was previously employed at a subsidiary of the Körber Group, as area sales manager responsible for ...
Dean Foods name Kroeker COO
Jan 01, 2007; ... Dean Foods Company based at Dallas, Texas, USA, announced on November 21 that Harrald Kroeker had joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Dairy Group. Kroeker came from Pepsi Bottling Group, where he had served in multiple executive capacities-most ...
AOCS' Clapper elected VP of AEIC
Jan 01, 2007; ... Gina Clapper has been elected Vice President of the Analytical Excellence through Industry Collaboration (AEIC). The AEIC is an organization dedicated to establishing immunochemical methods and other bioanalytical methodologies as recognized analytical tools for agricultural, environmental, and ...
David Min named Bailey Award winner
Jan 01, 2007; ... The North Central section of the AOCS announced the winner of the Alton E. Bailey Award. Dr. David Min, Department of Food Science & Technology at The Ohio State University, will be recognized for his long and prolific career in flavor chemistry ...
Obituaries: David Kritchevsky
Jan 01, 2007; ... AOCS is sad to report that David Kritchevsky, longtime member and internationally recognized expert in the role of dietary fats in heart disease and cancer, passed away on November 20, 2006, at the age of 86. Known all around the world for his early research on cholesterol and later ...
Obituaries: William Horwitz
Jan 01, 2007; ... A respected leader in the development of procedures for validating analytical methods, William Horwitz passed away at the age of 88 on September 27, 2006. Horwitz was regarded by his colleagues as "truly synonymous with excellence in analytical chemistry." Horwitz received his BS from ...
Obituaries: Takashi Kaneda
Jan 01, 2007; ... AOCS was recently informed of the death of former AOCS member Takashi Kaneda on February 16, 2006, at the age of 84. Kaneda graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1947 and went on to work at the Central Research Institute of Fisheries with the Japanese federal government in Tokyo. His ...
Obituaries: Richard J. Zielinski
Jan 01, 2007; ... Former member Richard J. Zielinski passed away at the age of 75 on June 6, 2006. Services were held in his ...
The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do To Replace Them
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do To Replace Them Susan Allport Susan Allport's new book The Queen of Fats is both informative and timely in that it addresses the exciting topic of "dietary long-chain fatty acid/s (FA) and their ...
Notes from Montreux
Jan 01, 2007; ... Reflections from the 6th World Conference on Detergents "GTL [gases-to-liquids] n-paraffin is being received by the LAB [linear alkylbenzene] industry as a welcome addition," said Rob van der Meij, global business manager of Shell's alcohol and alcohol derivatives business, in an ...
Patents
Jan 01, 2007; ... Applications High-fat animal feed pellets and method for making same Bevans, B., and others, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Illinois, USA US20060045957A1, 3/2/2006 A method is provided for producing animal feed pellets that are made entirely or predominantly ...
Extracts & Distillates
Jan 01, 2007; ... Dairy powder fatty acid analysis Golay, P.-A., F. Dionisi, B. Hug, F. Giuffrida, and F. Destaillats, Direct Quantification of Fatty Acids in Dairy Powders with Special Emphasis on trans Fatty Acid Content, Food Chem. 101:1115-1120,2007. Transesterification of lipids is carried ...
New Products
Jan 01, 2007; ... SNP Pumps Blackmer, a global leader in positive displacement rotary vane, eccentric disc, peristaltic hose, and centrifugal pump technologies, has announced that its SNP Sliding Vane Pumps are ideal for the transfer of nearly any type of raw materials used in the soap and detergents ...
Meet Sarah Kellerby
Jan 01, 2007; ... For 2006 Honored Student Sarah Kellerby, food science isn't just a course of study, it's a way of life. "I began developing recipes when I was a little girl, often to my mother's chagrin. She did not think Life Savers went very well with cheese and popcorn!" Kellerby began her university ...
2007-2008 AOCS Governing Board candidates
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ballots for the election of the American Oil Chemists' Society Governing Board members were sent to eligible members by mail or e-mail in December. Completed ballots must be received (either electronically or via mail) at AOCS Headquarters (P.O. Box 17190, Urbana, IL 61803-7190 USA) by February ...
At home with Ralph Holman
Jan 01, 2007; ... The first telephone call I made after deciding to write a book on the history of omega-3 fatty acid research was to Ralph Holman in Austin, Minnesota, USA, the inventor of the omega terminology and a scientist with the Hormel Institute. I got his number from directory assistance, as I recall, ...
Protein bioadhesives
Jan 01, 2007; ... A number of drivers affect the protein bioadhesives market Proteins and polysaccharides were the adhesive material of choice before World War II. At that time, Henry Ford, inventor and automobile manufacturer, and George Washington Carver, agricultural researcher and peanut advocate, ...
Fractionation of palm oil: Current status, future possibilities
Jan 01, 2007; ... The following article is based on an award address given by the author at the World Conference and Exhibition on Oilseeds and Vegetable Oil Utilization: Processing, By-Products, Biodiesel, Specialty and Functional Oils, and New Applications & Technologies, held in Istanbul, Turkey during ...
Peracetic acid: A biocide for the future
Jan 01, 2007; ... EPA OK opens the door into the U.S. for a European mainstay Peracetic acid is a rapid-acting, highly effective and environmentally benign biocide. In comparison with many widely used biocides, it possesses broad-spectrum biocidal activity at low temperatures and in the presence of soil ....
Montreux explores sustainability
Jan 01, 2007; ... 6th World Conference looks to future of supply chain, market Held every four years in Montreux, Switzerland, the World Conference on Detergents strives to deliver leading-edge insights into the essential issues and challenges facing today's detergent industry. Sponsored by AOCS, AISE, ...
Québec City's charms attract AOCS
Jan 01, 2007; ... According to Mayor Andrée P. Boucher, "Québec City is recognized for its historical heritage unique in the Americas, and for its remarkable natural setting. Each year, the charm of its old city walls attracts millions of tourists and convention attendees." Plan on being one of those visitors as ...
98th Annual Meeting a truly global event
Jan 01, 2007; ... Meet your colleagues in beautiful Québec City (Québec, Canada) for the 98th Annual Meeting & Expo of the AOCS, a joint World Congress with the Japanese oil Chemists' Society (JOCS) to be held May 13-16 of this year. As usual, the meeting will offer technical programming, networking ...