Malaysia is the world’s second largest producer of palm oil. In 2012, Malaysia produced 18.79 million tonnes of crude palm oil from 96 million tonnes of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) processed and generated 13 million tonnes of palm-pressed mesocarp fibres. Several attempts have been made to recover the residual oil from the mesocarp fibre. The mesocarp fibres are expected to contain up to 5% of palm pressed fibre oil (PPFO) on dry basis. Based on the FFb harvested in 2012 potentially the palm oil industry cab recover 390 000 t of PPFO from all the 432 mills in the country.

Main Research: Dr Harrison Lau Lik Nang