Palm-based spray oil offers a convenient tool for handling vegetable oils, especially palm oil which solidifies at temperate climate. Its main advantage for the consumer is its ability to provide a stick-free coating for cooking utensils so that washing of the cookware is easier. Into addition, it can cater for the needs of specific groups of […]

Avocado plant grows to a height between 4 to 8 m. Its branches splayed out in a pyramid with many single, smooth-edge leaves. The flowers of the avocado tree aresmall, green and highly scented, and bud in clusters. The avocado oil is composed of palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. It has […]

In the past decade, the food processing industry has increased the number of products that it offers as well as the quantities it produces. But today consumers are exerting an ever-increasing pressure on the industry to use suitable lubricants in food processing machines. Risk analyses and HACCP (hazard analysis critical control points) concepts made it possible […]

Natural oils and fats have been extensively used as lighting fuel or as lubricating oils and greases until the middle of 19th century. After that, mineral oil takes over. At present, about 90% of the lubricants use mineral oil as their base fluid. In the recent years, due to the pressure of environmental legislation and the […]

Liquid foundation is pigment dispersed in an emulsion system. Nowadays coated pigments are commonly used in most colour cosmetics. It has shown good properties in terms of easy application, well distribution onto the face, and colouring effect (Hollenberg, 2002). Besides the pigment, other raw materials incorporated in a liquid foundation are fillers, rheological modifiers, UV filters […]