Australian Canola Being Cut for Feed!

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Just checked the Monday pictures from Australian Canola Council seems that this years crop will be like last years cut for Feed.
http://www.australianoilseeds.com/agronomy_centre/the_virtual_canola_site/horsham_200708_crop

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And more about canola, esp the ADA coming around and whole heartedly admitting the benefits of canola oil. Huge, uh huh. Coincidence, absolutely frickin not. You as farmers helped fund a big part of the mission to make canola the healthiest oil in the world and the US is coming around. What does it mean? More customers. The ink:

Canola oil could make a difference in American diets – Substituting canola oil for other common fats in Americans’ diets would improve compliance with recommended intakes of healthy fats, according to a modeling study published in the October 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. The study looked at the effect of substituting canola oil for selected vegetable oils and canola oil-based margarine for other margarines and butter in the diets of 9,000 people.

“The findings are provocative because they suggest that fairly simple recipe modifications can result in product meeting dietary guidelines for saturated fat intake and achieving adequate intakes of alpha linolenic acid,” writes Jennifer Nettleton, assistant professor of cardiovascular disease epidemiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, in a JADA editorial. “Substituting canola oil for other common oils has the potential to reduce the substantial burden of coronary heart disease in the United States.”

See more on the study on the ADA website: http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/media_13976_ENU_HTML.htm

Or check out Fiona Haynes’ low fat cooking blog at: http://lowfatcooking.about.com/b/a/257892.htm

Consumers are getting to know their bad fats – Awareness of bad fats is at an all-time high, but people are still lacking key information to better understand what they eat, according to a new survey by the American Heart Association.

The survey shows that consumers buy products because they are marked “trans fat-free” but few people actually understand what trans fat is or where it comes from. Awareness of the link between trans and saturated fat and increased risk of heart disease is up from 63% in 2006 to 73% in 2007 for trans fat and from 73% to 77% for saturated fat.

“We’re encouraged to see that consumer awareness of saturated and trans fats is higher than ever and that more people understand the link between these fats and increased heart disease risk,” says Robert Eckel, past president of the AHA, chair of its trans fat task force and professor of medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center. “But it’s clear that consumers need to know which foods contain what fats to minimize both saturated and trans fats and make heart-healthier food choices.”

When is zero really zero? – A US congressman has introduced a new bill that would require food manufacturers to adjust product labeling to better inform consumers of trans fat content.

Currently, manufacturers may label goods as containing zero trans fat if the trans fat content is less than 0.5g per serving. Although this provides food makers with a margin of flexibility in formulations, it also means people could consume certain levels of trans fat without being aware of it.

Announced recently by Congressman Steve Israel, the proposed bill has reportedly gathered support from health groups such as the American Heart Association and advocacy organizations, such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Culinary Institute of America offers trans fat help to members – Along with sponsors Frymaster Corporation, Monsanto, Ventura Foods and McCain Foods, the Culinary Institute of America has produced a DVD called Healthy Menus, Healthy Oils and the Trans Fat Free Kitchen. The videos, which are also available on the CIA website, feature chefs explaining the dangers of trans fat, the functionality of trans fat replacement oils and demonstrations of frying techniques. Canola oil also features prominently.

Go to the CIA website for more: http://www.ciaprochef.com/transfatfree/

Trans fat elimination as election promise – Now that he has been re-elected premier of Ontario, it remains to be seen whether Dalton McGuinty will rid schools in the province of trans fat.

While on the campaign trail in early October, McGuinty promised to make schools healthier by banning trans fat in an effort to combat childhood obesity. In the last four years, his government banned junk food and required 20 minutes of daily physical activity by school children.

Nunavik says no to trans fat – Northern Quebec’s Nunavik region could soon be one of the first in Canada to ban trans fat with the help of a Quebec researcher. Inuit and First Nations populations in the north are eating more and more trans fat, says Dr. Eric Dewailly, Laval University professor and research director with the Institute of Public Health in Quebec City.

Dewailly is working with Makivik Corp., the organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavik to implement a complete ban of trans fat in Nunavik. They are pitching the idea to grocery store companies such as Northern Stores.

New canola crush plant planned for Saskatchewan – Bio-Extraction Inc. has announced its plan to build an oil extraction facility with a 40 million kg annual crush capacity. BioExx says it will not only produce canola oil and animal feed, but it will also produce up to 11 million kg of protein concentrate annually, at a standard purity level of 65%.

The company has not yet announced its planned location, but it says it will begin production in late 2008.

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