Palm Oil
What is palm oil? It's an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit, and palm kernel oil which comes from crushing the kernel, or the stone in the middle of the fruit.
Specification of Palm Oil
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Refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) palm oil
Has a maximum of 0.1% free fatty acid (FFA) as palmitic, a maximum of 0.1% FFA as palmitic: M & I, a maximum of 50–55 iodine value (IV), a maximum of 33–39 melting point (M.Pt), and a maximum of 3 or 6 red colour
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RBD palm kernel oil
Has a maximum of 0.1% FFA as lauric, a maximum of 0.13% FFA as oleic, a maximum of 0.1% moisture and impurities, a slip melting point of 25–29°C, a maximum of 1.5R color, a maximum of 19 iodine value (Wijs), a maximum of 0.5 peroxide value (meq/Kg), and a maximum of 10.0°C cloud point
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Palm olein
Has an iodine value (IV) greater than 56, a melting point (M.Pt) less than 24°C, a maximum of 0.1% free fatty acid (FFA), a maximum of 0.1% moisture and impurities, and a color less than 3R