Could rapeseed be used as a protein source for human nutrition?
Full details
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Milling & Grain |
| Year of publication | 2019 March |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | Rapeseed is widely grown for its oil, which is highly rated by cooks across the world. It has the lowest saturated fat of any culinary oil and is a great source of Omega 3,6 and 9. Rapeseed doesn’t just contain oil but high-quality protein too, which contains many essential amino acids. Worldwide, around 1.12 million tons of crude protein are produced annually from rapeseed oil. Although farmers have long used this so-called rapeseed cake as a protein feed for animals, it has not played a role as a protein source in human nutrition so far. According to Hofmann, who is also Director of the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology, it is important to develop new plant protein sources for human nutrition and rapeseed is a good local source…. Read more. |
Pictures
