]. However,
the increased cultivation of palm trees in Indonesia is causing
destruction of broad areas of tropical forest (accompanied by
smoke pollution) giving ecological concerns to the production of
these fats. There is some controversy as to whether high dietary
palmitic acid can have an effect on plasma lipoproteins. However,
no such potentially negative effects have been attributed to stearic
acid. Thus, fats enriched in stearic acid, like high stearic sunflower,
seem to be a promising alternative for a sustainable and ‘healthy’
source of solid fats. However, the original high stearic sunflower
lines also contain high levels of linoleic acid, which diminishes