Palm oil is one of the richest natural plant source of carotenes with the concentration from 500-700 ppm. the production of palm oil in 1992 was 6.4 million tonnes an it is projected that Malaysian production will reach over 8 million tonnes by the year 2000. Hence, the potential availability of carotenes in the year 2000 is about 48000 tonnes.

Main Research: Dr Choo Yuen May