Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Oils and fats registered lower prices in 1999, following the peaks in the previous year. The low price scenario was mainly due to the over supply of oils and fats, and in particular Malaysian palm oil. Malaysian palm oil production had increased significantly from 8.3 million tonnes in 1998 to 10.6 million tonnes in 1999, […]
Palm kernel cake (PKC), sometimes referred to as palm kernel expeller (PKE), has long been known to be an important ingredient for the formulation of animal feeds (Collingwood, 1958). Though it is considered to be excellent for ruminants, PKC is also reported to be suitable for use in feed formulations for swine, poultry and horses […]
The oil palm sector is one of the major industries in Malaysia. Since the 1970s, Malaysia has been the largest producer and exporter of palm oil products in the world. In the year 2000, Malaysia produced 10.84 million tonnes of palm oil which accounted for 49.9% of the world palm oil production or about 9.4% […]
Palm kernel cake (PKC) is the solid residue left from the extraction of oil from palm kernel. The oil is extracted from the kernel by expeller, i.e. continuous screw press, or by solvent extraction. Solvent extraction is not commonly utilized anymore because of its high cost. As a result, almost all the PKC produced in […]
This paper reviews some of the antioxidant and anti-cancer effects attributed to tocotrienols
The prices of selected oils and fats were generally low at the beginning of the year 2000 and continued to decline (for the second consecutive year) to register the lowest prices since 1998, the last peaked year recorded by these oils and fats (Table 1). One of the main reasons for the low prices in […]
Dietary fat continues to be a major research priority because of its association with heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases(Chandrasekharan, 1999). Misconceptions about fats abound. Saturated fats have been much maligned because of their association with animal fats and the earlier concerns about hypercholesterolemia and heart disease (Uffe Ravnskov, 1995). Frequent and conflicting reports […]