Aditya Alta, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies and Nadaa Jauzaa, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
Indonesian government’s interventions in regulating prices and supplies for palm oil and its derivative products were short-lived and have instead created confusion.
Not all digitalisation is good: App-based monitoring for subsidised cooking oil and fuel may deny access to intended recipients due to limited use of mobile cellular and internet.
It’s all about having faith in the purity of the process.
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Crisco’s main ingredient, cottonseed oil, had a bad rap. So marketers decided to focus on the ‘purity’ of factory food processing – a successful strategy that other brands would mimic.
Some alternative ‘milk’ products are startlingly low on nutrition and many are packed with additives despite their ‘natural’ tag.
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There’s a milk revolution going on in supermarkets and it’s showing no sign of retreat. Where formerly we might have had a simple choice between cow milk and soy milk, with a few other niche products available…
Try to avoid too many saturated fatty acids by choosing oils that are liquid at room temperature.
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Health conscious consumers are increasingly ditching old favourites vegetable and canola oil for trendy alternatives like coconut and peanut oil. But are they any healthier? And how do they compare with…
The author’s key message is diametrically opposed to that of just about every reputable nutrition authority in the world.
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A best-selling book about nutrition has a power to influence the national diet that many health professionals can only dream about. And, if David Gillespie’s success is anything to go by, being a layman…