India to host Global Rice Bran Oil Conference

Industry and health experts from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, etc are congregating here for a two-day Global Rice Bran Oil Conference. The Conference will discuss position, promotion and prospect of rice bran oil as healthy oil in the world. This is the second such Conference after it was first hosted at China last year. The Conference will focus on issues related to rice bran oil including its nutrition & health benefits, its patronization by medical fraternity, regulatory issues, quality control, etc. The Conference will be participated by manufacturers, scientists, doctors and nutritionists from across the world. The Conference would be inaugurated on August 7th by Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis and hosted by The Solvent Extractors' Association of India, a premier Association of Vegetable Oil Industry and Trade.

Rice Bran oil is obtained from the brown layer of rice, which constitutes about 5% of the paddy and is enriched in oil to the extent of 10-25%. Research institutes in India and abroad have found Rice Bran Oil as heart friendly oil with unique properties beneficial for maintaining good health.

Rice Bran Oil is the only cooking medium which has an ideal SFA/MUFA/PUFA ratio and EFA ratio which is closer to the recommended levels of WHO. A number of scientific studies have confirmed that using Rice Bran Oil as a cooking medium could significantly reduce the bad cholesterol without adversely affecting the good cholesterol due to presence of a unique component in this oil know as "ORYZANOL", which is not found in any other vegetable oil.

Globally, about 15 lakh tons of Rice Bran Oil is produced out of which India produces about 9.5 lakh tonnes per annum used for human consumption as cooking oil, blended oil and vanaspati.

Sharing details of the Conference, Dr. B.V. Mehta, Executive Director, Solvent Extractors' Association of India, mentioned that "we expect this conference to further enhance the perception of rice bran oil as the healthiest cooking oil. Thanks to its low cost, everyone can access safe and heart-friendly cooking oil. We look forward to learn from the experiences from different countries that would be shared during the Conference".

Eminent world authorities on rice bran oil like Prof. Xuebing Xu of Wilmar R&D Centre, China, Prof. Dr. Teruo Miyazawa of Tohuku University, Japan, Dr. Tran Thanh Hoa of Cai Lan Oil & Fats Industries Vietnam, Mr. Prasert Setwipattanachal of Surin Bran Oil Company Limited, Thailand, Ms. Fumi Tsuno, of M/s. Tsuno Foods Industrial Co. Ltd., Japan, are among the international leaders who would attend and present papers at the Conference. The experts from India include Dr. V. Prakash, Distinguished Scientist from CSIR, Dr. B. Sasikeran, Former Director of NIN, Hyderabad, Dr. Shashank R. Joshi, Endocrine and Metabolic Physician, Dr. V. Chockalingam, leading Cardiologist, Dr. R.B.N. Prasad , Chief Scientist & Head, IICT, Mr, Atul Chaturvedi, CEO, Adani Wilmar Ltd., etc.

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