The Nigerian Heart Foundation, an affiliate of the World Heart Federation, Geneva a registered charity, which promotes the health, and socio-economic wellbeing of Nigerians especially as it concerns heart health through research and the public education about heart health recently signed an innovative partnership agreement with Mamador Cooking Oil, a vegetable oil brand made in Nigeria by PZ Wilmar, a joint venture between PZ Cussons and the world's largest vegetable oil maker, Wilmar International.
The partnership entitles Mamador to carry the "NHF Approved" logo which signifies to consumers that the product is heart friendly.
According to the Executive Director, Nigerian Heart Foundation, Dr. Kingsley Akinroye, a lot of research was carried out to ascertain vegetable oil is indeed cholesterol free and it has taken NHF five years to come up with a conclusive position that Mamador Vegetable Oil is healthy for the heart. He stated that "The process of approving Mamador as healthy oil for the heart presented a very unique challenge as there have been disagreements about how good vegetable oil is for the heart, it has taken a lot of hard work but now we are glad to approve Mamador Cooking Oil after passing all the tests."