2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
For many years, palm oil has been known as a healthy vegetable fat. This is the case until scientists discover that the cheese and milk that people consume are high in palm oil.
More in-depth research is beginning, and opinions are very contradictory. Some consider it extremely harmful, others attribute its benefits. But what is the truth? To consume it or not?
Palm oil is obtained from the fruit of the palm Elaeis guineensis, which is found in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. The natural state of palm oil is semi-solid.
In Polynesia Palm oil has been used for thousands of years, and humans are thought to have consumed it 5,000 years ago. However, its industrial production began only in the mid-90s in Malaysia.
Its solid state is known as palm stearin, and its liquid state is known as palm oil. Palm oil has a red-orange color, unobtrusive smell and taste.
Composition of palm oil
100 g Palm oil contain 884 kcal, 100 g of fat, of which a large percentage is saturated fat - 1% myristic acid; about 44% palmitic acid; over 4% stearic acid.
Of the polyunsaturated fats there is over 10% linolenic acid; about 40% oleic acid. Palm oil does not contain carbohydrates and proteins.
Cooking with palm oil
Palm oil, which is the liquid formation of palm oil, is used for frying and seasoning salads.
It is often mixed with other vegetable oils, which aims to improve quality and reduce their price. Palm oil is the most common oil in the world.
Palm stearin is a co-product of palm oil and is the solid fraction of palm oil. Its price is low and this makes it a major and inexpensive component of baking and confectionery fats. Palm stearin is the most widely used form in bakery, confectionery and candy production.
It remains firm at room temperature and thus makes it possible to observe all the subtleties of technology, especially when kneading different types of dough. Palm stearin does not leave soot, does not burn and does not foam when heated, because it contains almost no water.
The production of margarine from Palm oil is very convenient because there is almost no need for additional hydrogenation due to its natural semi-solid state. It is used for making ice cream, canned and dry soups.
Benefits of palm oil
The health and dietary properties of palm oil provoke extremely contradictory opinions among scientists. Some find it very useful, while others delete it entirely from the menu.
It is believed that the beneficial properties of palm oil are determined by the coenzyme Q10, vitamins A and E, beta-carotene contained in it. According to some studies, palm oil increases good cholesterol at the expense of bad cholesterol. Protects the cardiovascular system and strengthens the immune system.
Harm from palm oil
Other scientists are of the opposite opinion - palm oil increases bad cholesterol, causes heart problems, causes obesity and even some cancers.
Proponents of this theory are justified by the high content of saturated fatty acids in palm oil. They are three times more than those in oil and olive oil. Another cause for concern is its widespread use not only in the food but also in the cosmetics industry.
Some recent studies indicate that excessive and prolonged use of Palm oil may increase coronary risk as well as increase cholesterol.
This means that the use of Palm oil in the food industry it should be used in controlled and even minimal quantities.
To avoid excessive intake of Palm oil food labels must be read, where all ingredients must be mentioned according to European requirements.
In our country there is still a big problem with the correct labeling of food, which means that we can not be sure how much Palm oil we swallow. This uncertainty is naturally expressed for most of the products.
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Palm oil, not real milk, is offered to us in dairy products under the All inclusive service. This is the practice of most of the native hotels and most of the restaurants, producers warn. The signal for the imitations of milk, cheese and yellow cheese was given by the milk processors in the country at a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Desislava Taneva, TV7 reports.
