Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
With the world’s second largest population of 1.25 billion and her oils and fats consumption estimated at 18.83 million tonnes in 2012, India is one of the world’s leading oils and fats economies. Based on Oil World Annual 2012, India was one of the largest producers of oilseeds in the world in 2011, both in […]
Fatty acids esters of chloropropanols are food-processed contaminants formed as a result of high temperature reactions. They have been found in a wide variety of food products (Weishaar, 2011). In many of these foods, the free form of the ester is present as well. While the free form is a known carcinogen, the toxicological significance […]
In today’s global demand for healthy and safe foods, consumers are looking for foods without or with least contaminants. Foods produced from either small farms or large corporations are as much subjected to the same growing consumer demands for healthy, nutritious foods. Convenient foods have led to continuous improvement of existing food processing techniques, all […]
The 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) occurs in fats and oils in free and esterified forms (with fatty acids), with a major part being bound in the form of diesters. Free 3-MCPD was first identified in acid-hydrolysed vegetable protein and soya sauce (Velisek et al., 1978), and provisional maximum tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 2 μg 3-MCPD kg-1 […]
The 3-Monochloropropane-1, 2-diol (3-MCPD) esters belong to the family of chloropropanols and are categorised as process-induced contaminants. In refined oils and fats the chloropropanols are in the ester form. Esters of chloropropanols contain fatty acids in position 1 or 2 or both as monoester or diester. Research on 3-MCPD ester has been going on since […]
The 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) esters have been detected in thermally treated foodstuff such as breadcrumbs and crusts (Doležal et al., 2009), coffee (Doležal et al., 2005), baked cereal products (Hamlet and Sadd 2004) and doughnuts and french-fries (Svejkovska et al., 2004). These esters are part of a larger group of chloropropanediols (CPD). Surprisingly, the compound has […]
The palm oil industry has continued to be a significant driver of the Malaysian economy and has established as one of major players in the international oils and fats business. Export earnings from oil palm products recorded RM 80.4 billion in 2011, a substantial increase of 34.4% from RM 59.8 billion in the previous year […]
China’s food industry seems to have taken a blow by the recent spate of tainted food incidents, putting the national food safety system in jeopardy. This has led to the tightening of the imported foods quality monitoring system by the Chinese authorities. Malaysian palm oil producers have been keeping a watchful eye on the development […]
Many Greek young men have always wondered why longevity is a common phenomenon in their Greek village. Their parents had lived to a ripe old age and so did their grandparents. They were told that the phenomenon may be due to the Mediterranean diet. People living in the Mediterranean such as in Greece, Italy, and […]
The Palm Oil Research and Technical Service Institute of MPOB (PORTSIM) was established in 2005 in Shanghai, China to enhance Malaysian palm oil’s presence and establish closer ties with the oils and fats industry in China. The other objectives of PORTSIM are to expand the applications of palm oil in food and non-food products and […]