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2009-09-09 | permalink
Soybean makers rush to produce low-fat oils to defend soy oil market
The object is to defend soybeans’ dominance of the vegetable oil market. [...] Meanwhile, olive oil and canola began coming into the market a decade ago with natural low-fat characteristics, [...] Monsanto plans to introduce a soybean line within two years that will be low linolenic, mid-oleic and low-fat. ”It will be the equivalent of olive oil,” said Ted Crosbie, Monsanto’s vice president for plant breeding.
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2009-09-09 | permalink
Soybean makers rush to produce low-fat oils to defend soy oil market
The object is to defend soybeans’ dominance of the vegetable oil market. [...] Meanwhile, olive oil and canola began coming into the market a decade ago with natural low-fat characteristics, [...] Monsanto plans to introduce a soybean line within two years that will be low linolenic, mid-oleic and low-fat. ”It will be the equivalent of olive oil,” said Ted Crosbie, Monsanto’s vice president for plant breeding.
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