Composite exhibit illustrating manufacture of edible fats

Composite exhibit illustrating the manufacture of margarine and other edible fats.

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Category:: Industrial Chemistry

Object Number:: 1959-263

type:: model

credit:: Unilever Ltd., J. Bibby & Sons Ltd., and Thomas Hedley & Co. Ltd.

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Parts

Model (scale 1:12) of plant used for making margargine from section 'the manufacture of margarine'

Model (scale 1:12) of plant used for making margarine, made by Geoffrey T Porter, 284 Chase Road, London N14, 1950-1959.

This model is based on a Unilever factory in 1950 for manufacturing margarine. It follows the process from refining the oils to workers wrapping the solid blocks in paper. Margarine, made from blending and hardening vegetable oils, overtook butter as the most popular fat in Western diets in the 20th century.

Measurements:: overall: 570 mm x 765 mm x 765 mm,

Materials:: cardboard , paper (fibre product) , plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1959-263 Pt1

type:: model

Model of a neutraliser plant

A 1:24 model of a neutraliser plant from the exhibit on on the manufacture of margarine and other edible oils and fats, from the section on the refining of edible oils and fats.

Object Number:: 1959-263 Pt2

type:: model, neutraliser

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Model of a deodoriser plant

A 1:24 model of a deodoriser plant from the exhibit on on the manufacture of margarine and other edible oils and fats, from the section on the refining of edible oils and fats.

Object Number:: 1959-263 Pt3

type:: model, neutraliser

Small container of Raney Nickel catalyst

A small container of Raney Nickel catalyst used in the hydrogenation (hardening) of fats and oils from the exhibit on on the manufacture of margarine and other edible fats, from the section on the hardening of edible oils.