Kao's functional edible oil "Econa", which was discontinued due to safety issues, will be resold shortly

It is impossible to separate human life and meal, but if you eat whatever you like, health will suffer. Some may say that if you take too much oil you get fat and that you are making a meal ahead of oil.

Kao's edible oil "EconaIs a substance whose main ingredient is diacylglycerol (DAG), which is said to be less fatty to the body than general edible oils. In response to the application of food for specified health use, many commercials also flowed, but manufacturing and sales were stopped in September 2009 in response to the indication that substances that adversely affect the human body are included.

However, Kao has repeatedly researched and overcomes this problem and started to work on re-selling.

Details are as below.
History of discontinuation | Feature 2 About Econa | CSR / Sustainability Report 2010 | Kao Corporation

Econa appeared in 1999. It is hard for fat to stick to the body, for the first time with edible oilFood for specified health useWas acquired. Econa was released as a product useful for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, taking advantage of the knowledge that Kao has been researching and developing for a long time, and was getting popular from consumers.

However, in 2009, German research institutions suggested that "trace glycidol fatty acid esters" contained in edible oils may affect the human body. "Glycidol fatty acid ester" itself is not concerned about carcinogenicity and safety, but it may be changed to glycidol which is carcinogenic when it is decomposed in the body.

Was "Econa" really safe? What is "glycidol fatty acid ester" which is the cause of self-restraint? - GIGAZINE

When Kao investigated Econa, glycidol fatty acid ester was produced in the refining process and found to be higher than general edible oil. In order to reduce the content, we temporarily suspended production and sales, which resulted in consumers' anxiety, resulting in 160,000 inquiries per day from the announcement of discontinuation of manufacturing and sales (equivalent to one year's equivalent ) It seems there was. As a result, it caused confusion, we decided to submit a revocation notification of the special permission in October in a way that takes responsibility.

Kao has developed a new method to directly analyze glycidol fatty acid ester in edible oil to reduce glycidol fatty acid ester in edible oil. It seems that there is a goal to reduce the content of glycidol fatty acid ester to the same extent as general edible oil, and we are going to proceed efforts for re-release from now.

I hope the safety of "glycidol fatty acid ester" itself can be ascertained, but is not this research progressing?