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Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. In 2008, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that 1.5 billion adults globally (age ≥ 20 years) were overweight and at least 500 million adults were obese. In addition, WHO forecasted that approximately 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than […]
The prostate is the gland that produces semen (the fluid that carries sperm) and is essential for reproduction. About the size of a walnut, the prostate is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum. Cancer that begins in the prostate is called primary prostate cancer (or prostatic cancer). Prostate cancer may remain […]
The advantage of energy dense fat supplements in lactation rations to enhance performance in modern dairy cows has been cited since the early 1930s but the detrimental effect on rumen fermentation, particularly fibre digestibility, required further research. Compared to triglycerides, free fatty acids, particularly unsaturated, have been shown to have increased digestibility in the small […]
Dietary oils and fats have long been recognized as a macronutrient with the primary function to provide a concentrated source of energy for human metabolic processes. Fats have more than twice the energy density (9 calories g-1) of either proteins or carbohydrates (4 calories g-1). In addition, they impart palatability to the foods we eat […]
Palm oil is second only to soyabean oil in world production of vegetable oils, and makes up more than half of total oil exports (Gunstone, 2003). Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), a by-product of palm oil refining, makes up approximately 5% of the 28 million tonnes of palm oil expected to be produced in 2004. […]
In Malaysia, most of the PKC produced are from expeller extraction. Though solvent extraction is also used in the extraction of palm kernel oil but the process is costly and screw press extraction (expeller) is the rule in many palm oil processing plants. The difference in the quality of expeller PKC and solvent extracted is […]
One key ingredient used in the formulation of aquaculture feeds is fish oil, which is produced from small marine pelagic fish and represents finite fishery resources. Other than providing a source of energy and essential fatty acids, it is commonly used to coat extruded feed pellets to improve the palatability and appearance of the feed. […]
The production of aquatic animals, aquaculture, is currently the fastest growing animal production sector in the world. The rapid expansion of the aquaculture industry is most pronounced in Asia, which contributes about 90% of the total global aquaculture production (by weight). This increase in aquaculture production must be supported by a corresponding increase in the […]
As ardent readers of the free press (including trade magazines), we normally place a lot of trust on the accuracy of the print media. The traditional and long line of journalistic etiquette that has been established, sometimes at the expense of blood spilt on the sidewalks, we assume will be upheld with the vigour and […]
Trans fatty acids 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 […]