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Palm heart or umbut has become an exotic mass product mainly used as a salad ingredient in Europe. Normally, the source of palm heart is from coconut tree, but now the palm heart can be collected from oil palm tree. Oil palm hearts are slender, ivory-coloured, delicately flavoured and quite expensive. However, its quality deteriorates … Read more

Malaysia is one of the top five exporters of MDF in the world. Our total production capacity exceeds one million cubic metres per year. Presently, most of the major producers use rubberwood as the raw material. With the decline in the price of latex, interest in rubber plantation also decline. At present, the area under … Read more

A survey (Tang et al., 1996) to gather information on the types of heating media used in the Malaysian palm oil refineries carried out by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) in 1995 revealed that a majority of the older palm oil refineries still use thermal heating fluids as heat-transfer media, but none of the … Read more

Colour is an important indication of product composition, purity and degree of deterioration. It is a quick check on degradation and the suitability and stability of the product for a particular use. In the case of vegetable oils, it is necessary to monitor each stage of the refining process to determine whether the correct colour … Read more

Chocolate and cocoa products are a pleasure to eat and are well accepted as food in many cultures around the world. The nutritional value of foods is related to its composition including its content of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and vitamins. Despite a necessity to choose and consume healthy foods to provide a balanced diet, … Read more