Rapeseed and Canola Oil: Production, Processing, Properties and Uses

by Frank Gunstone

Description

Rapeseed is now the second largest oilseed crop after soybean, andthe third largest vegetable oil after soybean oil and palm oil, andit is therefore an important contributor to the annual supply ofvegetable oils required to meet an increasing demand. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of rapeseed oil andits close relative, canola oil, from production (agronomic)aspects, through extraction to refining and processing. Chemicalcomposition, physico-chemical properties, food and non-food show more usesare considered in detail, and a chapter is included on futureprospects, including oils available by means of geneticmanipulation. This is a book for oils and fats chemists and technologists inthe food and oleochemical industries, chemical engineers in theprocessing industry, nutritionists and seed technologists. show less