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Emerald Oil Industries is bringing rice-bran oil Spondon back to the market amid a crisis and rising prices of the cooking ingredient.
Spondon – the almost forgotten rice-bran and “heart-friendly” cooking oil – is all set to hit the market next week although its formal inauguration of production and marketing will take place on 28 June.
According to the company’s target, people can buy the oil in one-litre, two-litre, and five-litre bottles from next week.
Emerald Oil Industries – the producer of the rice-bran oil – plans to cater for Dhaka first, and gradually it will expand the marketing network to the whole country.
Rice bran is one of the main by-products in the process of rice milling and is available in the whole country.
Md Afzal Hossain, managing director of Emerald Oil, told The Business Standard, “All the processes for oil production have been completed. Despite final preparations for oil production, it had not been possible earlier due to the gas crisis. Because the required gas was not found.”
“Although gas is needed continuously for 24 hours, it is not available. There is only a five-hour supply of gas. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) gas will be used to overcome this crisis. LPG gas connection is completed. Production will start in a day or two,” he added.
