Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Among the basic oleochemicals, glycerol is considered as the primary base because the preparation of all others must somehow yield glycerol at one point or other. However, saponification, esterification (methyl esters production) and hydrolysis of fats are the major principal processes used to produce natural glycerol. These processes are mainly carried out in soap and […]
Price performance of palm oil and its products had generally improved in 2002. Local crude palm oil (CPO), for instance, showed a significant price improvement by registering at RM 1165.50 t-1 in January and at RM 1626.50 t-1 in December 2002, thus averaging at RM 1353 t-1 for the whole year. This increasing price trend […]
In the world of oils and fats, the lauric oils are the aristocrats. There are very few of them, they move in their own higher price plateau and they do not mix comfortably with the common oils and fats. Among the 17 major oils and fats in world trade, there are only two lauric oils, […]
Some 20 million tonnes of oils and fats are used for various frying activities around the world (Gertz, 2000, 2001). In the United States, it was estimated that the fast food restaurants used several million tonnes of frying oils and fats annually (Warner and Neff, 2001). During frying operations, usually carried out between 160°C-190°C, complex […]
The PIPOC Food Technology and Nutrition Conference within the umbrella of the PIPOC Congress has traditionally become an avenue for the gathering of the best minds working on various aspects of palm oil nutrition and food technology. The PIPOC 2001 Congress witnessed the presentation of two plenary lectures, 29 oral presentations and 21 poster presentations […]
Malaysia produced 8.649 million tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) in the first nine months of 2001. This was an increase of 1.098 million tonnes or 14.54% over the production in the same period the previous year. Monthly production for the first eight months in 2001 was higher than that of the corresponding period in […]
The year 2001 is becoming another bearish year for some oils and fats, especially palm products. This is based on the fact that prices of these selected oils and fats were generally low in the first 10 months of 2001 compared to their prices in the same period of the previous year. Table 1 indicates […]
Crude palm oil is one of the richest plant source of carotenoids in terms of retinol (pro-vitamin A) equivalents. Carotenoids are naturally occurring C-40 plant pigments. Their conjugated polyenic chromophore is responsible for the characteristic light absorbing properties. Hydrocarbon and oxygenated carotenoids are termed carotene and xanthophyll respectively. Carotene, in particular α-carotene and β-carotene have […]
Postprandial lipid metabolism refers to the series of metabolic processes which occur following the ingestion of a meal containing fat (Roche, 2000). The responses of plasma lipoproteins during absorption of dietary fats have gathered increasing interest due to the fact that man by eating regular meals, spends most of the time in the postprandial phase […]
Malaysia produced 7.549 million tonnes of crude palm oil in the first nine months of 2000. This was a decline of 60 714 t or 0.79% over production during the same period of the previous year. Monthly production for the first three months in 2000 was higher than those for the corresponding period in 1999 […]