What is margarine?

Explains the manufacture of margarine. Shows how a proportion of the liquid vegetable oil must be converted into a solid fat before vegetable oils can be blended in the production of margarine. Uses animated diagrams to explain the process of hydrogenation, the function of a catalyst and the types of fatty emulsions. From the series “Vegetable oils and fats”.

Credits

director

Peter Rolfe Johnson

producer

James Carr

production company

World Wide Pictures

Duration

00:16:13:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

30368

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food - Composition

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food industry and trade

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oils and fats

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food - Composition

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Food - Composition

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1962

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