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Article: Technological Advances in Improved and Alternative Sources of Lipids.
- Article from:
- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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Lipids form one of the most important components of a healthy diet as they represent the most concentrated energy source of any foodstuff. They also supply essential fatty acids, serve as carrier for fat soluble vitamins, make foods more palatable and help to produce a feeling of satiety after eating. Lipids are also essential components for the chemical and cosmetics industries.
However, the present world oil supply is heavily dependent on conventional sources, which comprise only ten edible oil crops of commercial value. The author sets out to show how pressures, such as the changing political and economic map of the world, consumer preferences due to nutrition and ...