Food experts from Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh, Scotland, have cooked up a substitute for one of the world’s most environmentally contentious ingredients: palm oil.
They’re calling the breakthrough innovation PALM-AT, and say the plant-based discovery is healthier for both people and the planet.
It has 88 per cent less saturated fat and comes with – they say – 70 per cent lower emissions than regular palm oil, which is used in everything from baked goods to toothpaste to cosmetics.
Developed using linseed and rapeseed combined with fibre, it can be made locally on a global scale, avoiding the deforestation and habitat loss associated with palm oil production in countries including Malaysia and Indonesia.
EDIT: Oh and the summary is from Positive.News week recap about this back in fall.
No, but the community is very new a needs content, so I’m taking some of the highlights of the year that people may not know about.
I thought this was an interesting one.
I am not familiar with that (positive.news), it is odd it changed the name though.
It seems interesting, but there is so little information about it that it is hard to infer much.
For example, how does production scale? How does it differ to cook/bake with?
I wish you luck with your new community and will follow it. Thank you.
Maybe this official source has the information you seek.
(Just found it at their website. Didn’t know about it until now, as this was the one I should’ve linked in the post, mb)