Origin of dietary fats and oils

The distinction between dietary fats that come fromanimals and oils derived from vegetables.

Know animal fats, including butter, ghee, lard, tallow, and any other fatty substance rendered from animal flesh. Know vegetable fats and oils, including those from soy, canola, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, peanut.

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knowledge

sector-specific

Origin of dietary fats and oils is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Blending plant operator: Blending plant operators control equipment to weigh and mix vegetable oils used in products such as salad oil and margarines. They tend pump oils to perform the blending according to specific formulas. They draw off samples of mixed oil to examine its texture and colour and based on that make adjustments to blending processes.
Oil mill operator: Oil mill operators tend mills to extract oil from oilseed following an artisanal techniques.
Fat-purification worker: Fat-purification workers operate acidulation tanks and equipment that help with the separation of undesirable components from oils.

Refining machine operator: Refining machine operators tend machines to refine crude oils, such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, and peanut oil. They tend wash tanks to remove by-products and remove impurities with heat.

Origin of dietary fats and oils is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Hydrogenation machine operator: Hydrogenation machine operators control equipment to process base oils for manufacture of margarine and shortening products.

Industrial cook: Industrial cooks create new food designs and recipes. They prepare, measure and mix ingredients to prepare foodstuff products. They control and regulate temperatures, monitor cooking process, assign specific baking tasks, and direct workers in task performance.
Centrifuge operator: Centrifuge operators tend centrifugal machines that separate impurities from food materials aimed to be further processed as to achieve finished foodstuffs.

Oilseed presser: Oilseed pressers operate hydraulic presses that extracts oil from oilseed.
Chocolatier: Chocolatiers make confectionery products with chocolate. They perform activities such as examination, feeling, and tasting of ground chocolate paste. Such analysis leads them to ascertain if colour, texture, and taste of the chocolate paste meets specifications.

Clarifier: Clarifiers operate equipment to remove sediments and moisture from oleo and oils. They heat clarifying tank with steam and strainers for the clarification process. They remove foreign matters from the surface of hot oleo or oil stacks using skimmers.

References

1. Origin of dietary fats and oils – ESCO