Month: February 2020

MPOB (formerly known as PORIM) has evaluated the potential of palm-based esterquats fatty acids to replace the conventional tallow-based esterquats as the main ingredient in fabric softening formulation. Many surfactant processing companies in the world are shifting from the conventional distearyl dimethyl ammonium compounds to the more biodegradable esterquats. Main Researcher: Dr Zainab Binti IdrisEmail: zainab@mpob.gov.my

Specialty Animal Fat Replacer (SAFaR) is a new version of fat made from Malaysian Palm Oil. This fat is specially made to imitate the functional properties of animal fats like raw beef fat and chicken fat. SAFaR is scientifically designed and formulated to replace either raw beef fat or chicken fat in the manufacturing of … Read more

Pesticides play an important role in agriculture sectors. Pesticides in Malaysia are mainly in the form of aqueous concentrates (AC) for herbicides, emulsifiable concentrates (EC) for insecticides and as wettable powders (WP) for fungicides. These formulations comprised more than 80% of the total pesticides marketed in Malaysia (MCPA, 1998; Abdullah, 1993). Main Researcher: Dr Ismail … Read more

There are two principal processes used to produce natural glycerol: saponification and hydrolysis of oils/fats. These are mainly carried out respectively in soap and fatty acids in the oleochemical industry. However, with the recent development of the oleochemical industry, production of methyl esters and fatty acids contribute more to glycerol supply than does soap making. … Read more

Oleochemicals are chemicals derived from oils and fats. The oils and fats could be vegetable or animal based and these include soybean oil, tallow, palm oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, fish oil, palm stearin, rapeseed oil, sun flower oil and others. Main Researcher: Dr Ooi TL

Ice cream is a frozen product containing 10% milkfat, 20% total milk solids, permitted sweeteners, stabilizers, flavours and dairy derived ingredients. Milk, either from cows or goats, is the source of dairy ingredients in ice cream which is composed of water, milkfat and nonmilk solids. Main Researcher: Mohd Suria Affandi

In the early days, fresh fruit bunches (FFB) of tall palm trees were harvested using a sickle attached to a long wooden pole or bamboo. This device is convenient in that the pole length is fixed making it difficult to harvest FFB from palms of varying heights. Main Researcher: Abdul Razak Jelani

In this modern, IT oriented world, consumers are exposed to a lot of high technology oriented products. Yet when it comes to cosmetics and skin care preparations, many seem to be turning back to the familiar, particularly products related to nature or simply natural. Main Researcher: Dr Salmiah Abdull AzesEmail: salmiaz@mpob.gov.my

Collection of harvested fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in soft and soggy areas have always been very inefficient and slow. In soft and soggy areas, such as in peat and alluvial clay, the means of FFB collection is limited to manual carrying or using wheelbarrow. The productivity of each worker is between 1.5 to 2 tonne … Read more

Basal stem rot (BSR), caused by species of Ganoderma, is the most serious disease of oil palm in Malaysia and Indonesia. The pathogen was originally identified as G. lucidum Karts in West Africa (Wakefield, 1920) and also in Malaysia (Thompson, 1931). Main Researcher: Dr Idris Abu SemanEmail: idris@mpob.gov.my