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The scope of providing new technologies in palm oil mills has broadened in recent years because of the demand to minimize the milling cost while reducing crude oil quality deterioration. Furthermore the water pollution abatement regulations now demand a more effective control strategy to treat waste water discharged from palm oil mills to meet the … Read more

Tenera (T) is the major commercial oil palm progeny planted in Malaysia. It is a cross between the dura and pisifera varieties, (DxP), belongingto Elaeis Guineensis family originating from West Africa. The crude palm oil extracted from this Tenera variety consists of an equal proportion of saturated (50%) and unsaturated (50%) fatty acids which is high in … Read more

There is an increasing demand for lauric acid (C12) by the oleochemical industry. Lauric acid is an important raw material in the manufacture of detergents. Coconut (Cocos cifera) copra and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) kernel are traditional sources of lauric oils. These are cultivated in the tropical regions of the world. PORIM has initiated a breeding … Read more

Despite the possible occurrence of clonal abnormalities, the prospect of commercializing oil palm tissue culture is still attractive. The move towards commercial production will entail scaling up plantlet production. In such situation, culture inspection by visual means become impractical (Wooi, 1995). In addition, the handling of large numbers of cultures could lead to higher probability … Read more

Recycling of paper has been increasingly important primarily due to a number of factors such as (i) diminishing wood supply coupled with social concerns over deforestation (ii) environmental pollution, and (iii) greater global demand for paper. Basically, method for recycling waste paper can be classified into two types (1) to reuse waste paper after pulping … Read more

Most of the coating and plastic materials used in the food packaging are derived from petroleum and natural gas derivatives such as praffin wax, microcrystallin wax, polypropylene etc. These materials are non-renewable resources and with the rapid increase in the price of petroleum and natural gas, it may be necessary to take a new look at the … Read more

Margarine is a fatty food resembling butter in appearance, character and composition. It is used as a substitute for, or alternative to butter. It is an emulsion of a fatty phase (usually the continuous phase) and an aqueous phase. The fatty phase is a nature of vegetable and/or oils and fats. It contains sufficient solid … Read more

Dry ice-cream mix or ice-cream mix powder is a comparatively new product. Ice cream mix powder can be conveniently reconstituted to meet the demands for the production of ice cream. Other advantages are ease of packing and transportation and ready for quick use. Ice cream mix powder can be produced by several methods such as … Read more

Chocolate is eaten simply because people pleasure in it. Through taste and texture there is probably no other product that gives so much enjoyment. Chocolate also makes a pleasant and acceptable gift to convey some element of feeling. Chocolates are usually formulated with cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, sugar and lecithin, and in the case of milk … Read more

Processed cheese was invented around 1912-1913 when the Swiss and Germans made considerable efforts to export cheese to tropical countries. Processed cheese is made by blending natural cheese (young, mature or different types) in the presence of water, colouring matter, emulsifying salts and then heating and agitating to produce a homogeneous mixture. The cost of … Read more