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Home » New Oil Alternatives Needed to Address Vegetable Oil Challenges, Study Says

New Oil Alternatives Needed to Address Vegetable Oil Challenges, Study Says

April 18, 2013
A.T. Kearney

"New Oils for the New World" analyzes potential sustainable alternatives to palm oil and recommends how they should be developed and commercialized. The study is an A.T. Kearney Clinton Global Initiative Commitment.

"The solution to the current sustainability challenges of the vegetable oil market must include a mixture of sustainable palm oil, substitution using existing vegetable oils, and development of new oils," says James Rushing, A.T. Kearney partner and co-author of the study. "Stakeholders of all types have banded together to improve the sustainability of palm oil and this same energy and collaboration should be applied to the development of sustainable new oil alternatives to palm oil."

Palm oil is a major industrial commodity with total annual sales of approximately $50bn. An industrial feedstock in food and confectionery goods, cosmetics, detergents and increasingly, biofuels, it is also an important food source in large parts of the developing world. The use of palm oil has skyrocketed in recent years, and at 50 million metric tons it is the most heavily utilized vegetable oil. Palm oil is versatile as it is readily usable for
baking, frying, soaps, cosmetic, and biofuel. In contrast, most other vegetable oils require hydrogenation for some food uses, resulting in the formation of heart-unhealthy transfats.

But, the planet cannot sustain the ever-expanding levels of palm oil production, which some project could nearly triple by 2050. Rapid expansion of palm oil plantations have destroyed rain forests across broad swaths of Southeast Asia contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and eroding biodiversity.

Emerging technologies, which are not yet commercially available and whose technical feasibility in many cases is yet to be proved, will almost certainly drive the next generation of oils. The leading alternative oils are oils that are developed from microorganisms, specifically algae. Heterotrophic algal oil is an example. These oils have the potential to mitigate many of the challenges faced by the vegetable oil market. The new oils offer greater resistance to supply shocks (weather), there are supply chain cost advantages as these oils can be produced in across broad geographies, and they can be customized to meet buyer's needs. Most importantly, these oils offer the opportunity to develop a new raw material with sustainability and health in mind from the start.

Study recommendations include:

--  Oil buyers must create a forum that commits significant financial means, human resources and expertise for partnerships with suppliers to enable technical feasibility and successful commercialization of new oils.

--  Governments must issue regulations and provide incentives in the form of taxes, regulation, research, and favorable policy to promote development and use of new oils.

--  Health- and environment-related NGOs must create awareness and promote demand for new oils from buyers and end consumers.

Click here to access the full report.

Source: A.T. Kearney

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