Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Total production of palm oil by Malaysia in the first 10 months of 2004 was 11.402 million tonnes which was an increase of 234 582 t, or 2.1%, over the production of the same period of the previous year (Table 1). When traced on a monthly basis, production in the first two months of 2004 […]
The prices of most of the oils and fats studied in this paper have improved quite markedly in the past few years. As indicated in Figure 1 and Table 1, the prices of soyabean oil, refined bleached deodorized (RBD) palm olein, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, RBD palm stearin and tallow increased gradually from 2001 […]
There has been a small increase of 4.65% in the production of palm oil by Malaysia in 2004 where from 13.355 million tonnes in 2003 it reached 13.976 million tonnes in 2004 (Table 1). When compared to the period of 2003 over 2002, the increase was 12.14%, indicating that the palms are beginning the downturn […]
Interesterification (IE) is the process of re-arranging the fatty esters within and between triglycerides resulting in most cases, a change in the physical properties of the oil/fat. It is a useful modification method to give the oil/fat the functionality required for a finished product. However, because of several reasons, IE has not been given due […]
There are many reasons for changing the melting properties of fats and oils (and mixtures of these) ranging from increasing or decreasing the melting point (or cloud point) of an oil, to altering the melting profile of an oil mixture. Basically, five different methods of changing the melting properties profiles of fats and oils exist […]
The physical characteristics of oils and fats are determined by their chemical properties, i.e., the chain length and unsaturation of the fatty acids as well as their distribution among the three hydroxyl groups of glycerol. By changing them through hydrogenation, fractionation, blending or interesterification (IE), the physical properties can be changed as well, hence, widening […]
Trans fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids containing at least one double bond in the trans configuration, formed when edible oils are partially hydrogenated. This process is normally done to increase the melting points of the fatty acids to enable liquid oils to be used in solid fats formulations such as margarines, shortenings, vanaspati and […]
Malaysian production of palm oil in the year 2003 continued to be on the up trend when it reached 13.35 million tonnes from 11.9 million tonnes in 2002, an increase of 1.4 million tonnes, or 12.14% (Table 1). Monthly movements in production for 2003 showed that production for the first two months of 2003 was […]
The market for selected oils and fats has been bullish since 2001 as the prices of these oils and fats gradually accelerated until 2003. The average price of refined bleached deodorized (RBD) palm olein increased from US$ 317 t-1 in 2001 to US$ 485 t-1 in 2003 (January-November) (Table 1). The palm kernel oil price […]
Malaysia’s palm oil production increased from 11.909 million tonnes in 2002 to 13.35 million tonnes in 2003, i.e. by about 12.14% (Table 1). This was quite a significant compared to the increase in 2002 over 2001 where the growth was by 0.89% indicating that the palms had rested sufficiently low after four years of production. […]