Building edible oil security

India is an importer of edible oil due to their less net domestic availability. Around 56-60% of the edible oils consumed in the country are met through imports. The three oils that the country imports are palm oil, which forms 36 per cent of India’s edible oil consumption, followed by soybean and sunflower oil, which constitute 22 per cent and 12 per cent of the demand (according to 2019-20 data from Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), agency monitoring edible oils), respectively. Vegetable oils and fats have a big contribution in our diet. They are important from nutritional and economical point of views. Because of their greater demand in national and international market adulteration in high price oil with low price oil is a major issue. The intake of adulterated oils and trans-fats in the human diet has had negative health repercussions, including cardiovascular disease, causing millions of deaths annually.