Food Business News - April 9, 2013 - 42

High-oleic soybean oils near
commercial levels

Multinational companies in the food and beverage industry are working to bring high-oleic soybean oils
into commercial markets. Higher oleic acid levels mean more stability and functionality when they are
used in applications, especially grain-based foods. The oils also have 0 grams of trans fat and reduced
saturated fat.
St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. has developed Vistive Gold high-oleic soybeans. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture in December 2011 deregulated the biotech trait, MON 87705, in Vistive Gold soybeans.
The oil from those beans is at least 75% oleic acid and has 0 grams of trans fat and 60% less saturated
fat than conventional soybean oil.
DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, Iowa, oﬀers Plenish high-oleic soybeans, which already have received regulatory approval in the United States and several international markets, including China. Pioneer has ﬁled
for approval from the European Union, but Plenish has yet to be approved there. Plenish oil has an oleic
content of more than 75%, 0 grams of trans fat and 20% less saturated fat than commodity soybean oil.
Oil suppliers are working with Plenish this year. Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., has contracted with soybean growers in the Frankfort, Ind., area to grow Plenish soybeans.
In October 2012, it was announced Pioneer will contract with soybean farmers in the Delphos, Ohio,
area to grow Plenish soybeans in the 2013 growing season that will be delivered to Bunge’s facility for
processing or to a participating elevator.
“To date the product looks outstanding, meeting or exceeding all oil and meal trait expectations,” said Darren Moody, I.P. manager for Bunge Oils, St. Louis. “We currently have a number of customers testing high-oleic
soybean in the food segment as well as non-food. We anticipate global approval very soon and expect (higholeic soybean oil) to provide signiﬁcant nutritional beneﬁts to consumers in the years to come.”
Cargill, Minneapolis, in the 2013 growing season contracted with soybean farmers in the Sidney,
Ohio, area to grow Plenish soybeans that will be delivered to Cargill’s facility for processing.
Like Cargill, Perdue AgriBusiness has joined the Plenish growing program this year. The company
contracted with soybean farmers in the Shiloh and Sudlersville, Md., areas to grow Plenish soybeans.
Stratas Foods, Memphis, Tenn., oﬀers Frymax Soy Supreme, a high-oleic oil, for use in the food service
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actions will encourage palm oil companies
to shift to sustainable practices.
“On the other hand, the companies the
G.P.F.G. has divested from also include
R.S.P.O. member organizations that have
begun certification and continue to make
commitments to fully certify all their mills
over a stipulated time frame, which is a requirement by the R.S.P.O,” the R.S.P.O. said.

Suppliers offer several options
IOI Loders Croklaan Europe in 2013
plans to increase its volumes of certified
palm oil to 30% of total sales. The IOI Group
in Malaysia primarily produces the sustainable palm oil. The IOI Group expects to
have the last of its plantations certified according to the standards of the R.S.P.O. by
the end of 2013.
Loders Croklaan North America, Channahon, Ill., also offers sustainable palm oil,
said Gerald P. McNeill, Ph.D., vice-president of research and development.
“IOI Loders Croklaan Americas has fully
implemented its plans to offer its customers a full range of certified sustainable finished palm and palm kernel oil products in
mass balance form, using oils that are fully
segregated up to the Channahon and Rexdale (Ont.) refineries,” he said.
Mass balance refers to the controlled
mixing of certified and non-certified palm
oil. The R.S.P.O. views it as a stepping stone
toward 100% certified sustainable palm oil.
Bunge offers palm for sale in North America using Utz certificates or mass balance-approved material from the company’s origination points in Malaysia, said John Jansen, senior vice-president of R.Q.I. (Regulatory, Quality and Innovation) for Bunge Oils, St. Louis.
“Bunge’s two largest palm-producing
facilities in the U.S. have been audited by
R.S.P.O. and approved for certified palm
with traceability assured from origination through to end use delivery,” he said.
“Palm continues to be an important and
expanding portion of our business, and we
are committed to meeting our customers’
needs for safe, sustainable product.”
ADM has processing facilities in Lincoln,
Neb.; Quincy, Ill.; and Valdosta, Ga., that offer
certified palm oil, said Glenn Ginalick, senior
marketing manager for ADM Oils in Decatur. The company also offers the certified oil
through its ex-tank program in New Orleans.
“ADM has seen an increasing number of
inquiries for sustainable palm oil from companies who have a short time line for switching to sustainable palm oil,” Mr. Ginalick said.
Mr. Gupta said food and beverage companies, including some Cargill customers,
have begun work to hit their 2015 goals for
the use of sustainable palm oil.
“It’s not going to be like turning on a faucet on Dec. 31, 2014,” he said. FBN
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