Research and Development

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Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) - Research and development on oil palm and its products are the aims of MPOB which shall be reached by expanding and improving current uses of palm oil products, finding new uses, improving production efficiency and quality of products, and promoting the use, consumption, and marketability of palm oil products.

USDA - ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) - Oil Chemical Research (OCR) - The Oil Chemical Research web site gives information about activities regarding the oil sector of NCAUR - research projects, tech transfer, recent publications, related links etc.

Fats and Oils - This web site aims to provide detailed product data for oilseed crushings on raw materials received, crushings, and inventories of primary oilseed producers. Furthermore you can find current data on production, consumption, and stocks of animal fats and vegetable oils as well as detailed data on the quantity and value of shipments of paint, varnish, and lacquer products.

USDA - Oil Crops Outlook (OCS) - examines U.S. and world soybean, oilseed and vegetable oil production, supply, prices, and trade; includes U.S. cottonseed, peanuts, sunflowerseed, other special oilseeds, tropical oils, corn oil, and animal fats.

NPLC (National Plant Lipid Cooperative)

ITERG - French Research Institute dealing with oils and fats research and technology.

CTVO -a European group devoted to the chemical and technological utilization of vegetable oils.

FFA Sciences is a company manufacturing probes to measure free fatty acid levels in oils and clinical samples.

The European Olive Oil Medical Information Library Scientific and medical information on the role of diet in general and olive oil in particular, researched and validated by the Institute of Atherosclerosis Research at the University of Münster, Germany.