A Scottish research team believe they may have produced the “holy grail” alternative to palm oil.

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      1 year ago

      The applications of this type of product wouldn’t care about any of that. If anything the improved macro nutrients (decreased calories and saturated fat) would be seen as an improvement. If this is truly a 1:1 replacement like the article is suggesting, it could be huge.

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        Maybe it wouldn’t be harmful for cosmetics (I don’t know) but it would for food. A true replacement would need to approximate the fatty acid profile, not just throw a bunch of inflammatory industrial waste in for cheap filler.