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What is margarine?

United Kingdom, 1962
film

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 blen..

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Margarine from oil

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Our golden heritage

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Focus on fat

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United Kingdom, 1951
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Distillation

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Oil: its origin and use

United Kingdom, 1986
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Making grass silage

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Milk

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Principles of refining

United Kingdom, 1989
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The Manufacture of gas

United Kingdom, 1937
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Deep fat frying

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Properties of matter. Part 4. Plastics and rubbers

United Kingdom, 1967
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The Oil palm

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Petroleum's progress

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Milk and milk foods

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