FOOD INDUSTRY NANOTECHNOLOGY INVENTIONS FEATURE
April 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE
IF proof were needed that nanotechnology is more than an esoteric scientific discipline then it surely comes with the news that nanotech is about to come to a fast-food restaurant near you. Last month (March), OilFresh, a California-based company, commercially launched a nanotechnology-based frying oil in the United States.
The company has used nanoparticles to significantly extend the fry life of edible oils.
This is achieved by fusing nanoceramic catalytic pellets together to create a huge surface area on the oil's surface - these pellets are ...
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