International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM back issues from May 2007:
Look for that silver lining
May 01, 2007; ... The recent arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is being generally welcomed after the many frequently grey, drab days of winter (inhabitants of the Southern Hemisphere have to await the months of September, October, and November to savor the moment). This is a time of re-awakening and ...
Calendar
May 01, 2007; ... June June 3-6 * ExTech®2007: Ninth International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies, hotel Rica, Alesund, Norway. Information: Prof. Dr. Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway (phone: +4722856576; fax: +472 ...
China soybean association founded
May 01, 2007; ... The China Soybean Industry Association (CSIA), an industrial union of domestic soybean producers, extractors, researchers, and traders, was founded on March 25 in Beijing, China. Planning had been made over the past four years. The several players have decided to take the defense of the domestic ...
Business News: Briefs
May 01, 2007; ... Downstream palm oil business may be considered to be Malaysia's next big tide according to Boey Peng Lim, a professor at the University of Sains Malaysia's School of Chemical Sciences as reported by Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency) on March 1. "The increase in demand for palm oil ...
Western Europe edible oils, fats market
May 01, 2007; ... A report titled The Oils and Fats (Edible) Market in Western Europe (16 Countries) has been released by Research and Markets, Dublin, Ireland. The 197-page document is available in electronic form for euro4,800 ($6,530) or as hard copy at euro5,000 ($6,800). Further information and details for ...
Fluctuating market for rapeseed/canola
May 01, 2007; ... Prices and availability and demand for rapeseed/canola and the oil are seen to be in a current state of flux, according to a report made on March 23 by Oil World. This information was relayed by Oil World's Thomas Mielke at the 40th Annual Conference of the Canadian Canola Council held in ...
Update: Organic food marketplace
May 01, 2007; ... What does the future hold for the fastest-growing sector of the global food industry? When Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, announced in spring of 2006 that it would be featuring more organic foods in their over 2,000 locations, proponents of organic farming looked at both the ...
Lard, tallow markets edge upward
May 01, 2007; ... Prices for lard and tallow are edging upward. The unexpected weaknesses in lard prices in February 2007 are forecast by oil World in its March 16 analysis to recover to $580-$600 in the near future, but well below the price range of $650-$665 seen in October 2006. Earlier, Oil World had ...
Soybean industry provides more healthful oils
May 01, 2007; ... Consumer and industry demands for no-trans fat and more healthful oils has spurred the so/bean industry to new ventures. The development of low-linolenic soybeans has met the required goals, but a major problem exists in persuading farmers to grow the new varieties. A commentary on the topic was ...
Omega-3 fatty acid solubilization in water
May 01, 2007; ... Zymes LLC, based in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, USA, announced on March 12 the successful solubilization offish oil and omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids as represented by docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and cc-linolenic acid (ALA) using Ubisol-Aqua(TM). The ...
Palm oil company to expand businesses
May 01, 2007; ... Malaysian palm oil producer Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd. (KLK), according to a news release published on March 23 in Business Times (Malaysia), is planning to expand its plantation landbank by another 50,000 ha (124,000 acres) to 250,000 ha (620,000 acres), preferably by investing in green fields in ...
Research focuses on biodegradable additives for laundry, dishwashing detergents
May 01, 2007; ... Research being conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) at Peoria, Illinois, USA, and Folia Inc. (based in Birmingham, Alabama, USA) is focusing on the development of environmentally friendly ingredients as ...
agriculture today: FOOD, FEED, FIBER, ...AND FUEL
May 01, 2007; ... Nations are confronting whether food and fuel production can coexist. Agriculture today has a new mandate, not widely considered even 40 years ago. Farmers once could describe their work as the production of food for people, feed for domestic animals, and fiber for clothing. In the last ...
Renewable propylene glycol introduced
May 01, 2007; ... The Dow Chemical Company, based at Midland, Michigan, USA, announced on March 15 the introduction of monopropylene glycol derived from renewable resources. The company's Propylene Glycol Renewable (PGR) is made from glycerin generated during the manufacture of biodiesel from vegetable oil ...
Chinese agreement an ecological threat?
May 01, 2007; ... The recent agreement between China's top forestry authority and one of the nation's biggest energy giants to develop biofuels plantations in the southwest reflects rising Chinese attention to non-fossil energy sources, according to Yingling Liu in an essay written for Washington, DC-based ...
Second-generation commercial diesel plant announced
May 01, 2007; ... Tom Blades, the chief executive of Choren Industries GmbH, Freiberg, Germany, says his company will start the world's first commercial-scale plant to manufacture transport fuels from vegetation using second-generation technology later this year. Since this is a first effort, the company ...
Biobutanol, unleaded gas perform similarly
May 01, 2007; ... New fuel testing results jointly announced on April 19 in Detroit (USA) at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) annual conference by DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware, USA) and BP (London, United Kingdom) indicate that biobutanol performs similarly to unleaded gasoline on key parameters, based ...
Biofuels News: Briefs
May 01, 2007; ... ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas, USA) will establish an eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University (ISU, Ames, Iowa, USA) dedicated to developing technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant is part of ConocoPhillips' plan to create joint research programs with ...
Biodiesel "classroom on wheels" rolls out
May 01, 2007; ... Fueled by the growing interest in clean, renewable energy sources, a portable pilot plant that will be used as a classroom on wheels to provide hands-on training in biodiesel production was officially opened March 23 by the Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) in Winnipeg. The ...
Monster, marvel, or just misunderstood?
May 01, 2007; ... Denis J. Murphy, Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Glamorgan, tackles the thorny subject of agricultural biotechnology This article is reproduced with the kind permission of the author and the publisher PSCA International Ltd., Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. The ...
Palm oil business changes hands
May 01, 2007; ... Malaysia-based PPB Group Bhd.'s merger of its agribusiness with Wilmar International Ltd. (Singapore) is a logical step, according to management The sale of its PPB oil Palms, PGEO Sdn. Bhd, and Kuok Oil & Grains to Wilmar was approved by shareholders in early April. This business decision ...
Biodiesel producers feel threatened
May 01, 2007; ... A number of independent producers in the biodiesel industry feel as if their businesses are under threat from some large integrated oil companies, who have aggressively pursued access to a federal tax incentive that was designed to stimulate an emerging technology. Special interests have ...
Firms cooperate on diesel from animal fat
May 01, 2007; ... On April 16 Tyson Foods (Springdale, Arkansas, USA), the world's largest processor of beef, pork, and chicken, and ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas, USA), a major (petroleum) oil producer, announced that they will be joining forces to produce renewable diesel fuel from animal fat Tyson will make ...
DOE funds 5 ethanol conversion projects
May 01, 2007; ... On March 27, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner announced just over $23 million in federal funding, subject to negotiation of final project plans and funding, for five projects focused on developing highly efficient ...
Xylose-fermenting yeast characterized
May 01, 2007; ... A press release from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), USA, in March announced the results of a collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. "We have sequenced and ...
Virgin Atlantic, Boeing promote biojet fuel
May 01, 2007; ... Boeing (Chicago, Illinois, USA) and Virgin Atlantic (London, United Kingdom) on April 24 announced an environmental partnership that includes an order for fifteen 787-9 Dreamliners, marking the largest 787 order to date for Europe. The order, worth approximately $2.8 billion at list ...
Development of Tide designated National Historic Chemical Landmark
May 01, 2007; ... On October 25, 2006, in a ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio, the American Chemical Society (ACS) designated the development of Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Tide as the first heavy-duty synthetic detergent a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The ACS established the chemical landmarks program in ...
Health & Nutrition: Briefs
May 01, 2007; ... A study published in the April issue of Perceptual and Motor Skills examines why people eat less food when their tables are left un-bused. According to the study, people who saw how much food they had already eaten (in the form of leftover chicken-wing bones, in this case) ate 27% less than ...
Even one high-fat meal is dangerous
May 01, 2007; ... So much for the adage, "All things in moderation." Researchers at the University of Calgary (U of C) (Calgary, Canada) have found that people who consume a single, high-fat meal are more prone to suffer the physical consequences of stress than those who eat a low-fat meal. The study ...
OBITUARIES: Stanley Sourelis
May 01, 2007; ... Stanley G. Sourelis, a member of AOCS since 1952, died on December 27,2006, at the age of 81. At the time of his death, he was living in Ajijic, Mexico. Sourelis was born June 26,1925, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Illinois Technical College before joining the U.S. Navy in World War II. He ...
OBITUARIES: Marvin Mausner
May 01, 2007; ... Marvin Mausner, 82, a chemist, environmental scientist, environmental advocate, and accomplished violinist, died March 6, 2007. Born in New York City, he earned BA and MA degrees in chemistry from Columbia University (New York City, New York, USA), and his PhD in organic chemistry from ...
DHA may delay onset of Alzheimer's disease
May 01, 2007; ... A type of omega-3 fatty acid may slow the growth of two brain lesions that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, University of California-lrvine (USA) scientists have discovered. The finding suggests that diets rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) can help prevent the development of Alzheimer's ...
Heart study examines antioxidants, omega-3
May 01, 2007; ... Residents in the vicinity of Stanford University (Palo Alto, California, USA) who are at risk for heart disease are being sought to participate in two new studies at the School of Medicine that will examine whether antioxidants and omega-3 fats help prevent heart disease. Both studies will be ...
Notes from the 2007 SDA Meeting
May 01, 2007; ... Despite the unseasonably chilly weather and overcast skies, the mood at this year's Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) meeting (January 29-February 3) was warmer than in the previous few years. Held every January in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, the SDA Annual Meeting and Convention is the ...
BASF, Monsanto to collaborate
May 01, 2007; ... BASF with global headquarters at Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Monsanto, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, announced jointly on March 21 the launching of a long-term joint research and development and commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology that is to focus on the development of ...
Bicontinuous Liquid Crystals
May 01, 2007; ... Bicontinuous Liquid Crystals M. Lynch and P. Spicer (Eds.) , CRC Press,Taylor and Francis Group, 2005. 512 pages ISBN: 1-57444-449-2 Bicontinuous Liquid Crystals is an informative, concise, well-written monograph on liquid crystalline cubic phases. It will be most useful to graduate ...
Patents
May 01, 2007; ... Published patents Compressed wood product and manufacture McIntosh, T., Inventor, Auckland, New Zealand, 11/7/2006, US7131471B2 The invention described is a method for compressing wood products in a manner which achieves fixation of compression deformation. The method ...
New Products
May 01, 2007; ... Safety-enhanced laboratory gas burners The Fuego SCS represents a new status among laboratory gas burners. With its innovative design, microprocessor control, and extensive standard features, this laboratory gas burner is suitable for all flame-related applications in the laboratory. The ...
Web offers tips on passports, personal health
May 01, 2007; ... In an effort to enhance security and efficiency at U.S. borders, the U.S. government will soon enforce new passport requirements for all travelers entering or re-entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. Travel between the United ...
Venison collops, anyone?
May 01, 2007; ... Venison collops, a traditional Scottish dish, is prepared with cutlets from the haunch (leg) of red deer. Venison has long been a delicacy in Scotland, where it was once known as the "dish of kings." In the last 30 years there has been a growing interest in farmed deer in countries like New ...
People News/Inside AOCS
May 01, 2007; ... Soyatech's Golbitz elected to WSF board Soyatech LLC, based at Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, reported on March 28 the election of AOCS Member Peter Golbitz, its founder and president, to the board of directors of the new World Soy Foundation (WSF). A program of World Initiative for Soy in ...
Oleoline Biodiesel Report
May 01, 2007; ... The following report is reproduced with the kind permission of Oleoline.com from its April 6, 2007, Biodiesel Report. For more information, visit netlink; www.oleoline.com. 1. GENERAL COMMENTS The Italian biodiesel quota has been announced. The quota is broken down into different ...
Extracts & Distillates
May 01, 2007; ... SCE for palm kernel oil Zaidul, I.S.M., N.A. Nik Norulaini, A.K. Mohd Omar, and R.L. Smith, Jr., Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SC-CO2) Extraction of Palm Kernel oil from Palm Kernel, J.FoodEng, 7P:1007-1014,2007. Conditions for the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SCE) of ...
Evolution from SFI to SFC: A commentary
May 01, 2007; ... AOCS SFI method to be relegated to surplus status The steady hum of water baths with their rows of partially submerged dilatometers has been a central feature of my entire career in the fats and oils industry. These old friends are silent now, as our company has converted entirely from ...
Meet Anders Falk Vikbjerg
May 01, 2007; ... 2006 Honored Student Anders Falk Vikbjerg is quick to take any opportunity to discuss his research. "I remember one situation during my PhD study," he says, "at an alumni gathering. Each group had their own booth with posters prepared for the occasion. Many people gathering saw the first part of ...
Olio
May 01, 2007; ... Items provided for your casual information. CAFFEINE JAG WITH SHOWER SHOCK The world's first caffeinated soap has been introduced by ThinGeek. Each 4 ounce bar of Shower Shock soap is scented with peppermint oil and infused with caffeine anhydrous to provide approximately 12 ...
NIOP Annual Convention
May 01, 2007; ... National Institute of Oilseed Products (NIOP) president David Harley welcomed more than 225 members and participants from around the world to the 73rd Annual Convention in Palm Springs, California March 20-24. The primary focus of the meeting was "Food and Energy: Striving for Balance." ...
Regulating trans fats: Worldwide trends
May 01, 2007; ... From nationwide food safety organizations to individual cities, bans on trans fats have been put in place all over the world, and with good reason. Research has linked consumption of trans fatty acids with coronary heart disease, obesity, liver dysfunction, and possibly fertility. The ...
Pittcon 2007
May 01, 2007; ... Product launches, novel applications mark exposition Pittcon, the world's largest and most extensive conference and exposition dedicated to laboratory science in areas such as life sciences, biotechnology, analytical chemistry, food science, and pharmaceutical technology, was held ...