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Used Cooking Oil in India Food Business Operators (FBOs) often use same cooking oil for repeated frying. The consumption of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) poses adverse health effects since polar compounds are formed during frying. These compounds are associated with several diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’sdisease, liver diseases amongst others. Used cooking oil is either not discarded at all or disposed of in an environmentally hazardous manner choking drains and sewerage systems. Also, UCO from organised Food Business Operators reportedly finds its way to small restaurants / dhabas and road-side vendors. Repeated frying of oil leads to changes in physiochemical, nutritional and sensory properties of edible oil. Therefore, it is important to monitor quality of oil to avoid the use of degraded oil for cooking purposes. At present, there are general provisionsin regulation to avoid re-use of cooking oil i.e. ‘re-heating and reuse of oil should be avoided as far as possible. Avoid using leftover oil wherever possible
Biodiesel is produced from used cooking oils. The fuel is produced by transesterification—a process that converts fats and oils into biodiesel and glycerin (a coproduct).
Biodiesel and its byproducts and blends can be used as alternative fuel in diesel engines and for heating, cooking, and lighting. A simple process of biodiesel production can utilize waste cooking oil as the main feedstock to the transesterification process.
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