(MPOB Transfer of Technology)
In this modern IT oriented world, consumers are exposed to a lot of high technology oriented products. Yet when it comes to cosmetic and skin care preparation, many seems to be turning back to the familiar, particularly products related to nature or simply natural. Currently, the natural product category is flourishing, with many manufacturers claiming … Read more
Spent nickel catalyst is generated by various chemical and industrial processes particularly in hydrogenation of natural oils and fats. The spent catalyst generated by the Malaysian palm oil industry usually comes from two processes: hydrogenation of soft oils to fat or hydrogenation of fatty acids of high iodine value (IV) to fatty acids of low … Read more
Detergents are commonly used in our daily life. In Malaysia, the detergent market value in 2002 was RM 486.5 million with powder formulation constituting 72.5%, liquid 11.6% and bar 15.6%, corresponding to 78 700 t, 11 952 t and 19 600 t respectively (AC Nielsen, 2003). To maintain the interest and loyalty of consumers who … Read more
Non-hydrogenated creamers are also known as non-dairy creamers and they are widely used in beverages. These are considered as substitutes for dairy creamer, evaporated milk or fresh milk. These products have replaced natural cream to a great extent in tea and drinking chocolate. Apart from dairy substitutes, with a bit of modification, it can also … Read more
Palm olein is the preferred oil for cooking and frying because it has good oxidative stability. However, it tends to crystallize and becomes cloudy in cold weather in temperate countries. In these countries, even palm super olein clouds at very low temperature. In Malaysia and other tropical countries, there is no problem with clouding as … Read more
It is interesting to note that natural oils and fats have saturated:monounsaturated:polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios which vary tremendously from one extreme to another as shown in Table 1. When keeping the monounsaturation level at 1.0, highly unsaturated oils are tilted towards the polyunsaturated, while highly saturated oils such as coconut and palm kernel oils are … Read more
Palm-pressed fibre is a by-product produced by palm oil mill after screw-pressing of palm fruits during the production of crude palm oil (CPO). The palm-pressed fibre generated is normally burnt as solid fuel to self-supply steam and electricity required for the operation of the mill. However, the residual oil in the pressed fibre contains high … Read more
Vegetable oils including palm oil exhibit poor quality in terms of stability and high free fatty acids (FFA) content after exhaustive frying process. During frying, the oil darkens in the presence of phenolic minor components and is no longer good for health when polar compounds reach up to 25%-27%. These used frying oils are usually … Read more
Moisture content in palm products is an important process control parameter in a palm oil mill. The current standard procedure of determining the moisture content of palm oil samples is to weigh a sample, heat it in an oven at 103o C to drive off the moisture and reweigh. The loss in weight is presumed … Read more
Malaysian palm kernel crushers are encouraged to further improve their operations through producing higher quality palm kernel oil (PKO) and palm kernel cake (PKC). Inconsistency in dirt and shell content of palm kernel sold and delivered to the crushing plants M was identified as one of the factors that affects the final products quality and … Read more