Published: May 29, 2014

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) has released a set of indicators that allow for the independent verification of performance against the POIG Charter, which was released in November 2013.

Published: May 27, 2014

Straw from crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape is seen as a potential source of biomass for second generation biofuel production.

Published: May 27, 2014

This year, Pakistan is expected to import 350,000 tons of soybean meal from South America, more than double the quantity that was imported in MY 13/14.

Published: May 26, 2014

Saudi Arabia's Savola Group has sold its loss-making Kazakhstan edible oil business to a Russian company for 107 million riyals ($28.5 million), the Riyadh-listed food producer said in a bourse filing on Sunday.

Published: May 23, 2014

Cargill has signed an agreement to acquire Turyağ, a Turkish fats and oils company employing more than 200 people.

Published: May 14, 2014

Farmed salmon is rich in fat, but fillets of farmed salmon contain less marine omega-3 than previously, because a large fraction of the fish oil in the feed has been replaced by plant oil.

Published: May 13, 2014

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced its intention to exclusively offer Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certified sustainable palm oil to North American customers beginning in 2015.

Published: May 13, 2014

Mumbai based credit rating agency, India Ratings has assigns stable ratings to edible oil sector and the companies within the sector for fiscal year 2014-15 (FY15) from negative.

Published: May 08, 2014

A researcher based in Perth, Australia is conducting what is described as ground-breaking research to investigate whether emu oil can be taken orally to treat bowel diseases which can lead to the onset of bowel cancer.

Published: May 07, 2014

New Britain Palm Oil Limited, one of the world's largest fully integrated producers of sustainable palm oil, has announced its first quarter report and trading update for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2014.

Published: May 07, 2014

Solazyme has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Published: May 04, 2014

Cargill has announced that it has obtained approval for the use of sunflower lecithin in Japan – the only country in the world where it had not previously been approved for food applications.

Published: Apr 25, 2014

Australian direct-to-consumer brand Australian NaturalCare is bringing calamari oil certified as sustainable by Friend of the Sea to Australia for the first time.

Published: Apr 23, 2014

According to a study substituting butter with high oleic sunflower oil in shortbreads decreased the final saturated fatty acid (SFA) content while maintaining a similar sensory profile and shelf-life characteristics.

Published: Apr 21, 2014

Innovations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are bringing researchers one step closer to developing "green" biofuel production systems farmers can use to meet on-farm energy needs

Published: Apr 18, 2014

PAM, a cooking spray brand owned by ConAgra Foods, has unveiled PAM Coconut Oil Spray, a no-fuss alternative.

Published: Apr 17, 2014

Coconut oil has quickly become a must-have ingredient in kitchens across the country, with retailers seeing a 295 percent increase in coconut oil spray volumes last year.

Published: Apr 15, 2014

The board of Spanish olive oil bottler Deoleo has agreed to takeover offer made by UK private investor CVC Capital Partners.

Published: Apr 14, 2014

Sales of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014 (Q12014), have hit a new high, with a 49% increase for physical uptake of RSPO CSPO and a 54% increase for GreenPalm Certificates, compared with Q12013.

Published: Apr 10, 2014

AAK has agreed to acquire the oils and fats business of CSM Benelux NV in Merksem, Belgium.