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More than 50% polyunsaturated fatty acids

Camelina sativa, also known as false flax or Gold of Pleasure, is an ancient oilseed crop that was cultivated in Europe during the Iron and Bronze Ages.

Over 50% of the fatly acids in cold-pressed camelina oil are polyunsaturated. The major components are alfa-linolenic acid (omega-3 fatty acid, approx. 40%) and linoleic acid (omega-6 fatty acid, approx. 15%). These fatty acids are known to reduce LDL cholesterol levels in the blood, and are beneficial to promoting good heart and cardiovascular health.

Camelina oil also contains a number of natural antioxidants, such as tocopherols, which make the oil stable and free from problems of auto-oxidation and well suit­ed to use as a cooking oil. The vitamin E content of Camelina oil is approximately 10mg/100g.

A versatile ingredient

The Department of Plant Production at the University of Helsinki participated in an EU project between 1995 and 1998 that studied the suitability of Camelina sativa for different agricultural environments across Europe, and the type of crop management techniques best suited to its cultivation. Based on the know-how and innovations generated by the Finnish participants in the study, Helsinki-based Camelina Ltd was founded in 1998.

The company began contract farming of camelina in 1999 and launched camelina oil on the Finnish market the same year. Today, the company's product family includes camelina oil, relish, seed, and crushed oilseed cake. Organic oil, seed, and crushed oilseed cake are also produced. Pure cold-pressed virgin camelina oil is used in all the company's products. Camelina's products are already in the shops and available through Finland's largest retail chain, Kesko, and Tuko Logistics.

In addition to food products, Camelina also plans to produce derivatives from camelina oilseed for non-food applications, such as industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions to the text.

  1. What cooking oils are companies interested in?

  2. What is Camelina?

  3. Where can Camelina be used?

  4. What project was researched between 1995 and 1998?

  5. What does the company's product family include?

  6. What is your opinion on such product as camelina oil?

Exercise 3. Write down the advantages of the camelina oil.

Exercise 4. Prove the idea that the product described in the text can really be considered the oil of the future.

TASK 4

Exercise. Translate the texts about animal fats from Russian into English.

a) Гордое название "сливочное"

Итак, сливочным маслом может называться только продукт, полученный из сливок и соответствующий требованиям ГОСТ 37–91 "Масло коровье", жирностью не менее 82,5%.

Все, что выпущено не по ГОСТу, а по ТУ (техническим условиям) или жирностью менее 82,5%, уже не сливочное масло, даже если на упаковке и написано: "Масло коровье", "Масло с пониженным содержанием жира" и т. п.

Ни в коем случае нельзя хранить сливочное масло в стеклянных масленках – находясь на свету, все витамины в масле теряют свои качества уже в течение первых суток. Именно поэтому масло должно продаваться в светонепроницаемой упаковке.