How Safe is our cooking oils ?

In our practice, we encouraged our patients to start shopping at the local farmer markets for many reasons. If I was Bill Gates, who has a massive hand in controlling our food sources, where would I penetrate the consumers? In our local stores and our fast food chains. Buying organic foods has no meaning anymore. The Kenyan, while he did not take away the label U.S.D.A Certified Organic food. He allowed companies not to inspect it. Concerns about the enforcement and integrity of the USDA Organic program have been ongoing for several years. Some key events and reports highlighting these issues include. Last Month, Clean Fuels Alliance America released a report, compiled on their behalf by GlobalData, on the worldwide supply of used cooking oil (UCO).

UCO is a low-carbon-intensive (CI) feedstock used for biodiesel. It is in high demand from producers and end users facing governmental policies related to carbon emissions. There was some concern that as a “waste product,” UCO supply might not grow at a pace equal to increasing demand.

2010-2015:

• Reports began to surface about imported organic products not meeting USDA standards. Grains from Eastern Europe labeled as organic were found to be junk.

Used Cooking Oil (UCO) is primarily sourced from restaurants and food preparation factories, which is directly linked to the demand for cooking oil for frying. The report estimates that in 2022, the global supply of UCO stood at a staggering 3.7 billion gallons, with the U.S. contributing 0.85 billion gallons. Asia emerged as the largest UCO supplier, exporting most of its products as UCO or biomass-based diesel. The biofuels sector, consuming about 80 percent of the market, is the largest UCO consumer, as China is exporting UCO to America.

China, a major player in the Used Cooking Oil (UCO) market, holds a significant 80 percent share. This dominance naturally leads to the question: how is China managing such a large-scale UCO production? The answer might surprise you.

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Of course, there are scams in the Farmer markets, but we also take another step by visiting their small 2-4 acre farmland. Most of all, store-bought cooking oils are fake. Knowing this, we started buying olive oils from our farmer's markets. I developed a like-minded vendor and asked if I could visit his production. He legitimately owned hundreds of olive trees. I saw that he was still using the old "cold-press" methods.