Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Water is essential for the survival of every living thing and must be used in a sustainable manner. In many regions, human well-being and ecosystem health are being seriously affected by changes in the global water cycle, caused largely by human activities. Although freshwater is a local resource, water scarcity is the leading threat for […]
Water is an extremely important element for all humans in the world. People use water for many purposes, such as drinking, cooking and washing. However, over the last five years, water shortage has become one of the main threats to humanity. Water scarcity, as a result of poor water management and climate change, has caused […]
Palm mid fraction (PMF), a co-product from fractionation has been established as a major confectionery fats, usually after modification process. Second fractionation process becomes a common activity in the refineries for producing palm olein with iodine value higher than 58. This is to ensure longer clarity life of palm olein on supermarket shelf and in […]
Frozen cream puff has been widely commercialised especially in the USA, European countries and Japan. It is one of the popular ready-to-eat food products in these countries. However, frozen cream puff is almost non-existing in Malaysian market. Cream puff (Figure 1) is usually baked and consumed on the same day. On the shelf, it is […]
In the production of table margarine, it is important that the oil blend has the right solid fat content (SFC) profile, β’ crystal stability as well as possesses manageable crystallisation rate in order to obtain a good quality table margarine with the desired physical and organoleptic properties, e.g., good spreadabilility and firmness at refrigeration and […]