Today's urban society is always busy and even though there are technological improvements everywhere to make life easier, time seems to become more and more precious.
The rate of singles is growing and so the typical way of preparing food the traditional way is dwindling. The eating habits have changed with these phenomena too.
Convenience food is on the rise - everything must be easy and quick to prepare. People have something 'to go' and do not care much about the nutritional aspects. The result is there is some concern about obesity and rising numbers of medical problems associated with that.
People aged between 15 - 40 years are more prone to bad eating habits. There is nothing wrong with good food fast - because responsible fast food operators have long changed their frying oil to non-hydrogenated oils, low in saturated fatty acids and practically free of trans fatty acids.
And, says oils and fats producer Walter Rau, the whole snack and frying business would do well to change to nutritionally optimise oils, especially those based on High Oleic Rape - or High Oleic Sunflower Oil. They are characterised by a low content of saturated fatty acids.
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Walter Rau is based in Neuss, Germany. www.WalterRauAG.de
