An Edinburgh food research team produces a lower-fat alternative aimed at cutting palm oil dependence.
Catriona Liddle told BBC Radio's
"Particularly in baking products, it's almost an irreplaceable ingredient because it's so functional."But could that be about to the change, with the QMU team having an international patent for PALM-ALT pending and discussions set to begin with prospective manufacturers. "We've created a product that is over 80% less saturated fat and 30% less calories, so it's a significantly healthier product than palm oil itself."Now we're looking at having discussions with people to manufacture the product, so it's really exciting for us."Palm oil is used as a cooking oil and an ingredient in processed foods and other products
Palm oil production is said to have been responsible for about 8% of the world's deforestation between 1990 and 2008.
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