TT681: Red Palm Oil Enriched Functional Cookies

Dietary fat is crucial in food formulation, in the current context on bakery products, from the aspects on structural properties (aeration and lightness) to rheological properties(fluidisation and plasticisation) and sensory attributes (crispiness, creaminess, odour, etc.)properties (Pareyt and Delcour, 2008). Palm oil and its fractions in particular, are widely used in bakery goods in view of … Read more

TT680: Oil Palm Based Beef Cattle Feed Pellet Formulation

Malaysia has met local demand for poultry meat and has been self sufficient since 1984. However, the ruminant sub sector which is dominated by beef is not well developed. Due to this situation, Malaysia has been facing difficulties in having a sustainable and sufficient supply of red meat throughout the year.Ruminant production is limited by … Read more

TT No. 679: PALM KERNEL SHELL ACTIVATED CARBON FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT: A CONTINUOUS ADSORPTION SYSTEM

Activated carbon from biomass is an alternative adsorbent for the industrial sector. It is popular because of its well known efficiency for the removal of pollutants and heavy metals in wastewater treatments, abundance raw material, low price, and ease of use. Activated carbon from oil palm biomass is therefore considered as environmentally sustainable and economically … Read more

TT No. 678: MOBILE LIFTER – A DEVICE TO ASSIST FRESH FRUIT BUNCH (FFB) LOADING OPERATION

Most small farm machinery usually drop their loads on the ground at the collection point and later the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) will be manually transferred into the bin. Currently, manual FFB loading involves picking up bunches with an iron spike and dropping them into a 1-1.5 m height bin (Figure 1). Multiple handlings will … Read more

TT No. 677: FUNGICIDE APPLICATION FOR THE CONTROL OF Ganoderma UPPER STEM ROT (USR) DISEASE IN OIL PALM

Productivity losses caused by the widespread of plant diseases are one of the biggest challenges faced by the agriculture industry. In oil palm, the most serious threat to its production is the basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma species, which has lead to significant losses to the industry in Malaysia. Although BSR is the … Read more

TT No. 676: Bacillus spp: A PROMISING GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FOR Ganoderma CONTROL

This technology transfer offers the potential use of an endophytic gram- positive bacteria; Bacillus spp. as an active ingredient in the development of biopesticide against Ganoderma spp. This is because one of the biggest constraints in oil palm productivity is the challenges faced by pest and diseases (P&D) and among the P&D issues, basal stem … Read more

TT No. 675: RED PALM-BASED EXTRUDED SNACK

The red palm-based extruded snack, combined with natural nutrient (i.e. carotenes) is a new concept for snack food with high commercial potential in the Chinese market. The product can be sold as niche product with better overall acceptance compared to the commercial extruded snacks. In addition, its processing is simple and operational friendly (without major … Read more

TT No. 674: PALM-BASED LIQUID CHOCOLATE FILLING FOR CONTEMPORARY MOONCAKES

Technologies offered are the formulation of liquid chocolate filling fat, the method for production and baking of the mooncake, which includes methods to avoid fat migration. The chocolate filling fat remains in liquid state at room temperature during and even after the baking of mooncakes. Main Researcher: Niu YuetingEmail: jhyoong@mpob.gov.my

TT No. 673: MARGARINE STRUCTURED BY PALM OIL-BASED STRUCTURAL FAT SUITABLE FOR REFRIGERATED AND NON-REFRIGERATED RETAIL TABLE MARGARINE SEGMENT

MPOB 01 margarine is applicable in a very wide range of temperate from 5°C-35°C. Eliminating the requirement to have two dedicated formulations for refrigerated margarine, which is applicable from 5°C-25°C and non-refrigerated margarine which is applicable from 25°C-35°C. Main Researcher: Sivaruby Kanagaratnam Email: sivaruby@mpob.gov.my

TT No. 672: HYBRID POWER HERBICIDE SPRAYING VEHICLE

The invention is a lightweight threewheeled utility farm vehicle equipped with a hybrid power electric sprayer system. The hybridisation lies on the two sources of energy connected in parallel either to charge a battery or to power the sprayer. The machine could carry up to 200 litres of water-chemical mixing at a time and able … Read more