The DGF Rapeseed Oil Award – A tool to improve the quality of virgin edible rapeseed oil

✍ Scribed by Bertrand Matthäus; Ludger Brühl; Frank Amoneit

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 724 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0956-666X
• DOI: 10.1002/lite.200800003

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Virgin cold pressed rapeseed oils are becoming more popular in Germany. They are characterized by their specific taste and smell which resembles asparagus, cabbage or fresh, green vegetables in contrast to the refined oils. The quality of virgin rapeseed oils on the German market is very heterogeneous, resulting in a problem for the consumer to choose an oil with a pleasant taste and smell. The German Society for Fat Science (DGF) created in 2006 the DGF Rapeseed Oil Award for virgin rapeseed oils of excellent flavour in order to highlight good products and to bring the sensory quality of virgin rapeseed oil more into the focus of the producers. The paper describes the reasons, procedure and the performance of the DGF Rapeseed Oil Award and discusses the question whether the medal is suitable to improve the quality of the oils in the market and to thereby strengthen the confidence of the consumer in the product. Additionally the results of the years 2006 and 2007 are shown.