Recent Advances in Edible Fats and Oils Technology: Processing, Health Implications, Economic and Environmental Impact

This book is written by international experts with both academic and industrial credentials. It presents for the first time, a collection of up-­to-­date scientific advances in the area of edible fats and oils technology, over a span of 10 years from 2009 to the year 2019. The book covers the existing and recent advanced techniques adopted in the edible fats and oils research and touches on the processing and modification, to the traceability and sustainability issues of fats and oils. Some recent technologies like supercritical carbon dioxide, microwave, ultrasound, and enzymatic‐ assisted processes, ionic liquid, enzymatic processes, biosensor and membrane technology are presented in the book. The book aims to provide the technologists and researchers in research, development and operations in the edible fats and oils industries with critical and readily accessible information on the recent advances in the field. The book is divided into three broad sections- Fats and Oils Chemistry and Processing, Fats and Oils Modification and Health Implications, and Fats and Oils Safety, Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts. It is an extremely comprehensive and valuable resource, which serves as an essential reference for students and lipid scientists from academia or industry.

Dr. Lee Yee Ying received her Ph.D. degree in Food Biotechnology and B.Sc. degree in  Biotechnology from University Putra Malaysia. She is currently a lecturer with School of Science, Monash University Malaysia.She is a committee member of Monash-Industry Palm Oil Education and Research Platform. Her research interest is on lipid modification using lipase in which she has managed to co-author 7 book chapters and published 18 research articles. She has received numerous  national  and  international professional awards for her Ph.D. work on structured lipid medium and long-chain triacylglycerol including 2016 Best Ph.D. award from Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia and 2015 Best Young Researcher Award from Asian Congress on Biotechnology. She and her team was awarded the second position in Developing Solutions  for  Developing  Countries  Competition  organized  by Institute of Food Technologist in 2014.