Extent and Impact of Vegetable Oils Import Surges in Cameroon

The trade liberalization has resulted in massive food imports into Cameroon and this is affecting the livelihoods of the farmers, industries, traders, and service providers of the imported foods. Cameroon was selected by FAO as one of the 12 country case studies on the impact of food import surges in developing countries with the overall objective of studying and analyzing the impact of the most prevalent and frequent surge commodities (poultry meat, rice, and vegetable oils) on stakeholders. The methods and analytical approach used for this study are those for WTO Safeguards investigation as outlined in the FAO working document, “Extent and impact of food import surges in developing countries: An analytical approach and research methodology for country case studies”. Information for the study was obtained from both secondary sources and from primary sources (stakeholders’ survey). Quantitatively and qualitatively, import surges occurred and are occurring for vegetable oils in Cameroon. There were relatively low levels of these commodities imports into Cameroon until 1999-2004 at which time the import of vegetable oils increased by 366.3 %. Palm oil accounted for 55 % of vegetable oils imports. Domestic and exogenous factors contributed to the commodity import surge in Cameroon. A potentially negative correlation between the movements in import volumes and movement in domestic price, per unit import value, domestic production, and profits, key injury indicators were noted. Factors other than imports contributed to the injuries. Cameroon’s policy responses to the surges and injuries were its main trade policy instrument, the tariff, creation of ad hoc committee to determine the level of production shortages and quotas to be imported and instituted reference price.Impact, vegetable oils, import surge, International Relations/Trade,

Solid-Liquid Equilibria Modelling for triacylglycerols exhibiting multiple solid phases

Important end-use properties of vegetable oils based edible products are strong related to the equilibrium between a solid crystalline network and a liquid phase. This work presents the available literature development of solid-liquid equilibrium in triacylglycerol systems and highlights how it can be coupled with a Computer-Aided Mixture and Blend Design framework, for design new mixtures/blends with improved properties allowing a better use of renewable resources as vegetable oils. Stability tests were implemented as they are an essential step for powerful solid liquid equilibrium resolution and some results were presented for a four component triacylglycerol mixture in different temperatures and composition

THE IMPACT OF PETROLEUM PRICES ON VEGETABLE OILS PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM COINTEGRATION TESTS

This paper investigate the long-term relationship between the petroleum and vegetable oils prices represented by palm, soybean, sunflower and rapeseed oils prices. To that end, the bivariate cointegration approach using Engle-Granger two-stage estimation procedure is applied. The study utilises monthly data over the period of January 1983 through March 2008. The results provide a strong evidence of long-run equilibrium relation between the two products prices. The estimates of the error correction models reveal a unidirectional long-run causality flowing from petroleum to each of the vegetable oils prices under study.Vegetable oils prices, petroleum prices, cointegration, causality tests, Agribusiness, Demand and Price Analysis, Marketing, Q11 Agricultural Prices,

Polymers used to absorb fats and oils: A concept

One approach to problem of excessive oils and fats is to develop method by which oil is absorbed into solid mixture for elimination as solid waste. Materials proposed for these purposes are cross-linked (network) polymers that have high affinity for aliphatic substances, i. e., petroleum, animal, and vegetable oils

Повышение окислительной стойкости СОТС растительной природы присадками из антиоксидантов

The opportunity of increase of oxidizing stability of vegetable oils is considered with the help antioxidants. The choice optimum antioxidant for metal working fluids is made on the basis of vegetable oils. In research was used antioxidant alpha-tocopherol. Also practically is proved necessary and sufficient quantity anti-oxidantins unflower oil, as basic oil for metal working fluids

Application of Differential Scanning Calorimetric Method for Assessing and Monitoring Various Physical and Oxidative Properties of Vegetable Oils

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) can be a powerful instrumental technique for analyzing oils and fats systems but has tended not to be well understood and used in the field of oils and fats. The main purpose of this project is to develop various techniques based on DSC to study the physical and chemical properties of vegetable oils. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas-liquid chromatography (OLC), oxidative stability instrument (OS1), and various standard chemical analyses were used in this investigation to complement the DSC methods. This work is a systematic study of vegetable oils' melting and crystallization profiles by using DSC. The investigation began with the successful comparison of the DSC thermal curves of 17 different vegetable oils. Thorough investigations in this work were also directed towards obtaining basic information about the relationship between thermal profiles and chemical compositions of 17 different vegetable oils. Thereafter, the effects ofDSC scanning rate variation were studied. Scanning rates were found to affect melting/crystallization profile, melting (and/or crystallization) offset (and/or onset) and peak. temperatures, and peak. enthalpies of all vegetable oils. In this study, DSC was utilized to monitor the oxidation of heated oils during deep-fat frying and microwave heating. A statistical comparative study was carried out on the DSC and standard chemical methods. The results revealed that there is good correlation (P < 0.01) between the DSC method and other standard chemical methods. In another study, a new calorimetric technique was developed to determine three important quality indices in deep-fat frying industry namely, total polar compounds (TPC), free fatty acid (FFA) content and iodine value (IV) of heated oils using the DSC cooling profiles. The studies have shown that all DSC methods developed were comparable to the standard American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) methods. A simple and efficient DSC technique to determine the oxidative stability of vegetable oils was described. The isothermal DSC technique for direct determination of the oxidative stability of vegetable oils has been built and a comparative study to OSI was demonstrated. The results indicated that there is good correlation (P < 0.01) between the DSC oxidative induction time (To) and OSI values. Isothermal calorimetry was then employed as a general analytical method where the Arrhenius kinetic data for the lipid oxidation of vegetable oils were obtained by measurement of the DSC To at various temperatures. The present study also developed a simple method for measuring the antioxidant activity in RBDPOo using isothermal DSC technique. Generally, this project concluded that DSC appears to be a useful method in determining various physical and chemical parameters of vegetable oils, and it may have the potential to replace the laborious, time- and chemical-consuming standard methods. The various methods developed here can be applied in the oils and fats industry

Application of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics for authentication of cod-liver oil

Some vegetable oils such as canola (CaO), corn (CO), soybean (SO), and walnut (WO) oils have similar color with cod liver oil (CLO), therefore, the presence of these oils was difficult to detect using naked eye. For this reason, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy using horizontal attenuated total reflectance (HATR) as sampling accessory and in the combination with chemometrics was developed for detection and quantification of these vegetable oils as adulterants in CLO. The quantification of vegetable oils was carried out by using multivariate calibrations of partial least squares (PLS) and principle component regression (PCR), while the classification between pure CLO and CLOs adulterated with CaO, CO, SO, and WO was performed using discriminant analysis (DA). PLS with FTIR normal spectra was more suitable compared with PCR for quantification purposes with coefficient of determination (R2) higher than 0.99 and root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) in the range of 0.04–0.82% (v/v). The PLS model was further used to predict the levels of these vegetable oils in independent samples for validation/prediction purpose. The root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) values obtained were of 1.75% (v/v) (CaO), 1.39% (v/v) (CO), 1.35% (v/v) (SO), and 1.37% (v/v) (WO), respectively. The classification using DA revealed that the developed method can classify CLO and that mixed with these vegetable oils using 9 principal components

Complex of Chemical-technological and Sanitary-hygienic Quality Indicators of the New Pastry Products of Special Nutrition

The complex of chemical-technological and sanitary-hygienic quality indicators of new pastry products of special nutrition was studied. The original recipes of meat pastries for special nutrition, enriched with biologically active components at the expanse of vitaminized blended vegetable oils (VBVO) and protein-fatty emulsions (PFE) on their base, were elaborated. There were elaborated four recipes of pastries of chicken and Turkey with PFE, included in recipes in the amount 15…20 % and with vitaminized blended vegetable oils of two-component and three-component composition in the amount 10 %. Pastry samples, prepared according to SSTC 4432:2005 were used as a control.VBVO composition and fat-soluble vitamins content in them was determined by the gasochromatographic method.Molecular-genetic methods were used for the accelerated diagnostics of pastries safety by agents of food intoxications– Clostridium perfringens and Bacillus cereus, number of mesophyl aerobic and facultative-anaerobic microorganisms (NMAFAnM), classic ones – colon bacillus group bacteria (CBGB), sulphite reductive clostridia, Staphylococcus aureus, L.monocytogenes, Salmonella. The storage term of products was prolonged in 2 times (48 against 24 hours) according to SSTC). The expedience of their introduction in production was proved

Friction and wear response of vegetable oils and their blends with mineral engine oil in a reciprocating sliding contact at severe contact conditions

Although many studies investigating the tribological performance of pure vegetable oils have been conducted, a better understanding of vegetable oil tribological performance at extreme conditions is still needed. Similarly, little work has been carried out to study the influence of the vegetable oils on the performance of a lubricant formed from a blend of vegetable oil and conventional mineral engine oil. This work presents the tribological performance of vegetable oils, and their blends with mineral oil, in a high temperature and contact pressure reciprocating contact. Palm and soybean based vegetable oils were mixed with a commercial mineral engine oil at a 1:1 ratio by volume. The conventional mineral oil was also tested to provide a benchmark. The pure palm oil exhibited lower friction than soybean oil, but for wear performance, this was reversed. The friction performance of the palm oil was competitive to that of the mineral engine oil. The mineral engine oil was far superior in wear resistance over both vegetable oils. When blended with mineral engine oil both vegetable oils demonstrated a reduction in coefficient of friction when compared to their pure oil states. An improvement in wear performance was observed for both a blend of palm oil and mineral engine oil (25% improvement) and that of soybean and mineral engine oil (27% improvement). This work shows that for palm oil and soybean oil, the performance of a blended oil is influenced by its vegetable oil component and that tribological characteristics of vegetable oils are dominant. That said, the significant limitation of these vegetable oils is their ability to provide a satisfactory level of wear resistance. It is suggested that any future work in this area should have a greater emphasis on the enhancement of wear resistance