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In September 2014, the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health & safety (Anses) allowed free access to all the raw data obtained from its national study on individual food consumption 2006-2007 (INCA 2). Terres Univia wishes to improve knowledge of plant-based fats. To this end, Terres Univia led a detailed statistical study of the French population's intake of fatty acids and of the contribution of plant-based fats to this intake. It was then possible to compare this intake data to the recommended dietary intake (RDI) of fatty acids defined by Anses in 2010. The study reveals that, for the adult population, the total average daily intake of fat is 38.0% of the total energy intake excluding alcohol (EIEA). This figure meets the RDI, i.e. 35-40% of the EIEA. However, detailed analysis reveals that the intake of certain fatty acid (FA) fails to satisfy in some cases the values recommended by Anses. Thus it is important to choose the fat you eat. In September 2015, Anses issued its own report on the fatty acids intakes of the population living in France, and the comparison to the RDI 2010. Their results are similar to those of Terres Univia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The thirtieth congress EuroFedLipid organized by SISSG (Società Italiana per lo Studio delle Sostanze Grasse - Italian society for the study of lipids and fats) held in Firenze from 27th to 30th September 2015. As usual, this congress overviewed research in areas about lipids with up to 11 technical sessions in parallel. The aim of this article is not to provide a comprehensive account but to present the remarkable advancements in the following sessions "Processing and sustainability", "Lipid oxidation and antioxidants", "Olive oil" "Health and Nutrition" and "Bioscience, Biocatalysis, Biochemistry". Please note: Pierre Villeneuve, researcher at CIRAD and director of the microbial and enzyme biotechnology of lipids and agropolymers laboratory of the UMR IATE at Montpellier, was elected as a president of the Euro Fed Lipid association for the period 2016 to 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]