ABOUT SUNFLOWER OIL SUPPLIERS
The National Sunflower Association (NSA) is a non-profit agricultural organization working on problems and opportunities for the improvement of all members. Membership in the NSA includes growers and the support industry. NSA is an equal opportunity provider and employer without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability. There are four general categories of NSA activities:
* Market Development and Promotion -- The NSA investigates new markets and products and conducts aggressive promotion activities directed at the food trade and consumers in the US and around the world.
* Production Research -- The NSA coordinates research programs with universities and USDA. Limited grants are available in priority areas.
* Education -- Production and marketing information is made available to producers and industry members through The Sunflower magazine, newsletters, media releases and meetings. An annual Research Forum is held for researchers to present papers and exchange information.
* Policy Issues -- The NSA participates in legislative and policy development issues that may affect members. Issues can vary from US farm legislation to international trade.
REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower originally comes from North-America and it was brought to Europe at the beginning of the 16th century. In the 1970s in England the oil extracted from the seed was used in leather and wool processing. In Hungary, since the early 2000s, sunflower has been produced on an estimated 10% of the total acreage, which means an estimated area of 350-470 thousand hectares.
First, sunflower was mainly used in the feed industry in Hungary, but after the Second World War it increased in importance also here, as nowadays, mentioning two examples, it is widely used in the food also and in the pharmaceutical industry. Lecithin, a by-product of oil production is used in the pharmaceutical and in the cosmetics industry.
Traditional sunflower oil contains higher levels of di-unsaturated fatty acids (60-70% linoleic acid) and smaller quantities of unsaturated fatty acids (15-35% oleic acid) while in High-Oleic sunflower oil this percentage is converse, the ratio of oleic acid is around 80-90% in general, while that of the linoleic acid is 10-20%. Latter ratio has a positive impact on the biochemical features of the oil (oxidation) and its physical parameters (melting point, viscosity). www.refinesunfloweroil.com
QUALITY OF REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL
FOR FOOD PRODUCTION OR CONSUMPTION PURPOSES WE CAN DELIVER REFINED SUNFLOWER OIL WITH THE FOLLOWING QUALITY PARAMETERS:
Organoleptic requirements:
Characteristic yellow-brown colour, pleasant, characteristic smell, free of mustiness and any other foreign smell.
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MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Both refined and crude sunflower seed oils can be, besides Hungary, procured from the neighbouring countries such as Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine, latter being the biggest exporter to the countries of the European Union. The biggest sunflower seed oil producer countries in Europe are Ukraine, France, Romania, Hungary and Italy.
Pricing, in addition to the real supply and demand situation, may strongly be influenced by the prices of other vegetable oils, such as soybean-, palm- and rapeseed oils. Sunflower seed oil is not listed on the stock market. Prices of the domestic producers and consumers are based on the FOB Black Sea and/or the Five Ports prices. Besides all this the EUR/USD, the EUR/HUF and the USD/HUF exchange rates all have an impact on the final price. www.refinesunfloweroil.com
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