Index page for: Vegetable Oils in Food Technology: Composition, Properties, and Uses

Table of Contents Production and Trade of Vegetable Oils, F.D. GunstoneExtraction, Refining and ProcessingVegetable Oils - Production, Disappearance and TradeSome Significant FactorsPredictions for the Twenty-first CenturyReferencesSoybean Oil, T. WangIntroductionCompositionExtraction and Refining of Soybean OilOil Composition Modification by Processing and BiotechnologyPhysical Properties of Soybean OilOxidative Quality of Soybean OilNutritional Properties of Soybean OilFood Uses of Soybean OilReferencesPalm Oil, S.W. LinIntroductionComposition and Properties of Palm Oil and FractionsPhysical Characteristics of Palm Oil ProductsMinor Components of Palm Oil ProductsFood Applications of Palm Oil ProductsConclusionReferencesCanola/Rapeseed Oil, R. Przybylski and T. MagIntroductionCompositionPhysical and Chemical PropertiesMajor Food UsesReferencesSunflower Oil, M.K. GuptaIntroductionWorldwide Sunflower ProductionObtaining the Best Results in Growing Sunflower PlantsTypes of SunflowersConfection or Non-oil SunflowerPotential for Sunflower Products in the U.S.Crushing of Sunflower SeedsSunflower Oil DegummingSunflower Oil RefiningPhysical Refining ProcessChemical Refining ProcessCold Chemical Refining ProcessModified Chemical RefiningModified Physical Refining ProcessDewaxingHydrogenationSummaryReferencesThe Lauric (Coconut and Palmkernel) Oils, T.P. Pantzaris and Y. BasironIntroductionCoconut OilPalmkernel OilReferencesCottonseed Oil, R.D. O'BrienIntroductionCottonseed Oil PropertiesCottonseed Oil ExtractionCottonseed Oil ProcessingCottonseed Oil UtilisationReferencesGroundnut (Peanut) Oil, T.H. SandersPeanut Production, History and Oil ExtractionOil UsesComposition of Groundnut OilChemical and Physical Characteristics of Groundnut OilHealth IssuesReferencesOlive Oil, D. BoskouIntroductionExtraction of Olive Oil from OlivesOlive Oil CompositionRefining and ModificationsRegulationsCloudy Olive OilConsumption and Culinary ApplicationsReferencesCorn Oil, R.A. MoreauComposition of Corn OilProperties of Corn OilMajor Food Uses of Corn OilConclusionsReferencesSesame, Rice-Bran and Flaxseed Oils, S.P. KochharIntroductionSesame Seed OilRice-Bran OilFlaxseed (Linseed and Linola) OilReferencesAbbreviationsWebsitesIndex