8/14/2019 200902 Cse Study Fatty Acid Profile of Oils http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/200902-cse-study-fatty-acid-profile-of-oils 1/25 Fat of the matter An analytical study on the fatty acid profile of the oils we eat and its health and policy implications Pollution Monitoring Laboratory, Centre for Science and Environment Study published in Down To Earth (February 1-15, 2009); See www.cseindia.org for full laboratory study
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8/14/2019 200902 Cse Study Fatty Acid Profile of Oils
Industrial product – vegetable oil is partially hydrogenated so thefood cooked in this oil does not turn rancid and has a long shelf life.Meets the need of food processing industry.
But trans fatty acids produced in the process -- hydrogenation isaddition of hydrogen atom to break oil’s double bond. Duringhydrogenation, the chain is twisted and hydrogen atom ends up ondifferent sides of the chain -- trans (across)
Growing health concern in the world about trans fats
Regulated in developed world – for example, in Denmark, the limit
for trans fats in cooking oil is set at 2 per cent.
WHO recommends that the energy intake from trans fats should notbe more than 1 per cent
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Late 2004: Oils and Fats sub-committee of CCFSaccepts that trans fats are health hazards. Agrees to setstandards
August 25, 2006: Chair of sub-committee submitsproposal for standard. Data is asked for. Industry says itwill give
April 16, 2007: Sub-committee recommends to CentralCommittee for Food Standards (CCFS) to set a limit of 15 per cent trans fats content. CCFS asks committee toconsider the matter again and come back…
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January 7, 2008: Sub-committee discusses that the issue isurgent, “in the light of growing presence of multinationals inthe fast food business who have taken steps to limit trans-fatin their products in western countries, but will take
advantage of the lax regulatory control in the country”. A 3-phase-wise introduction of standards is recommended.
February 18, 2008: The CCFS endorses thisrecommendation. Wants standards to be set urgently.But asks for data from industry groups
August 2008: CCFS meets again. Still awaiting data.
January 2009: Data is still awaited. Our health at risk
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In September 2008, government notifies food labelling
Says companies that make nutrition and health relatedclaims must include the quantity of trans fats on their package
Says food which uses hydrogenated vegetable fats,must declare on the label: “contains trans fats”. If acompany says it is “trans fats free”, it would mean thatthe product contains less than 0.2 g of trans fats per
serving of food.
But there is no standard.. So companies decide tolabel and get away..
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•Variations, often wide, between the different brands of thesame type of oil. No regulation?
•The MUFA in sunflower from 23 per cent (NatureFresh of Cargil) to 48 per cent (Sundrop of Agrotech)
•In soyabean, omega 6 varies from 28 per cent (Dalda of Bunge) to 54 per cent (Fortune of Adani-Wilmar). The ratioof omega 6 to omega 3 varies from 2 to 8.6
•The biggest variation is in vanaspati where PUFA varies
from as low as 1 per cent (Jindal of Jindal) to 40 per cent(Dalda of Bunge)?
•In mustard oil, MUFA varies from 27 per cent (Panghat of Mawana Sugar) to 68 per cent (Fortune of Adani-Wilmar)?
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• PFA: Specific standards on different types of oils and fats. Allowsmix and match in the different types of oils to be used to makevanaspati. No transfat standards
• BIS: Standards on pesticides and heavy metals; no transfat
standards• Agmark: Controls the sale of the product, no transfat standards
+ companies have to publish information on different types of fattyacid -- MUFA etc
Companies give range -- get away with fancy advertisements
But are our regulators checking; No mandatory standards; no realchecks on quality -- In UK government found mineral oil insunflower..Are we even looking?
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